Allen Iverson Quotes
I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water and we need these forests.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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It's called the mysterious rhythm of life, ... I can't quite account for it. It's probably an addiction, quite honestly. I need that shot of stage every two or three years.
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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.
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There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.
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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
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We have at our fingertips information that 500 years ago would have made the poorest man a prince.
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I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.
