Gilbert Arenas Quotes
It sucks the way the world works. You can do a hundred things for people, but you do one bad mistake and everyone crucifies you and that's all they want to remember.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about everything.
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
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When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only, I don't go. I'm too worried to go. I don't want to interrupt my worrying to go.
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reported by Trudy Ring, 'Georgia Governor: 'License to Discriminate' Bill Isn't Christian,' The Advocate, March 3, 2016
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I don't believe in unconditional love. In fact, I think it's unwise. My love has had a condition that if ever my love keeps you from you, from your growing, and realizing your personal potential, then I must step aside. No one has the right to stand in the way of another's joy, development, or unique perceptions.
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I grew up in a somewhat religious family. My dad's family isn't religious at all, but my mom's side of the family is, so I was exposed to church a bit.
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In Ethiopia... you might find a seven-year-old expected to take 15 goats out into the fields for the whole day with only a chapati to eat and his whistle. Why are we so afraid to give our children responsibilities like this?
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One quintessential moment in time is when you're 22, when you graduate college. And then another quintessential time is as a middle-age man. That's the convergence.
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A lot of respect to people who do theatre, but I wouldn't make a good theatre actor is what I feel.
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I started playing full-equipment football when I was 6 years old. My mom actually got me started in it.
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We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.
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The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
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You are who you are and what you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change who you are and what you are by changing what goes into your mind.
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If you own a home with wheels on it and several cars without, you just might be a redneck.
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No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.
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You can't shape it. You can't change it. Your life is what it is.
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I think people assume I only do light things because of the movies that are like 'Hairspray' and 'John Tucker Must Die.' But I think it's all just based on material that I really like and that speaks to me.
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It sucks the way the world works. You can do a hundred things for people, but you do one bad mistake and everyone crucifies you and that's all they want to remember.
