Barry Sanders Quotes
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	I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.   
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	Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.   
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	My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.   
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	You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.   
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	I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.   
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	'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.   
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	I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.   
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	I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.   
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	I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.   
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	I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.   
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	I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.   
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	I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.   
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	Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.   
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	Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.   
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	I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.   
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	Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me.   
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	Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.   
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	My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!   
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	Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had.   
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	For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.   
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	I don't have a set way of dressing or a uniform, though I kind of wish I did. But then again, I also love that I can be any sort of character I want - that's a little bit of the actress coming out of me.   
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	For the most part, I meet people who are like 'I really like your work. I'm watching your career. I want to see you do well. Keep doing what you do.' I get that so much, and it's so reassuring. I often wish that so many people, who just work normal jobs, could get a pat on the back as much as I do, because it's very complimentary.   
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	I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.   
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	I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					