Patrick Ewing Quotes
When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.
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Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
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I go to the movies, and I watch MTV and the Disney Channel. I admit I like 'Hannah Montana.'
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I think the most important thing for an artist is to stay true to who you are. I want to stay as authentic as possible, as that's how we're going with our team.
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I wanted to create a bridal collection that is both a natural extension of the mainline eveningwear but, at the same time, reflects the opulence of such an important celebratory event.
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Fighting is about knowledge, knowledge is a very important part of it.
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Truth: We are the present. We are now. We are the razor's edge of history. The future flies at us and from that dark blur we shape the past. And the past is forever.
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When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.
