LZ Granderson Quotes
The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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One thing you know, if you've been in technology a while, you're only as good as the last thing you did. No one wants an original iPod. No one wants an iPhone 3GS.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.
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I'm a hugger of both men and women. As it turns out that those are taken in an offensive manner, I need to have a greater sense of awareness of what I am doing, and we will correct that, and I am taking those steps.
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I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves.
