Lennox Lewis Quotes
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate. But freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. And I think that anything we can do to promote the idea that people should express their faith is a good thing.
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I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.
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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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I don't really go out at all.
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Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.
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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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I can paint in jail.
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I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
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Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.
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Should you create a protagonist based directly on yourself? The problem with this - and it is a very large problem - is that almost no one can view himself objectively on the page. As the writer, you're too close to your own complicated makeup.
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When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
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Whatever I do, I always want to get better.
