Allen Iverson Quotes
When you get down like that, you use up so much energy to get back into the basketball game. Then you have to be perfect the rest of the way. And playing this game, there is no way you can be perfect, because this game is so hard.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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Photoshop should be a free-to-play game. There's not really a difference between very traditional apps and how they enhance productivity and wandering around a forest and killing bears.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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When you are present, the world is truly alive.
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Media manipulation in the U.S. today is more efficient than it was in Nazi Germany, because here we have the pretense that we are getting all the information we want. That misconception prevents people from even looking for the truth.
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Life's a pudding full of plums.
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When you get down like that, you use up so much energy to get back into the basketball game. Then you have to be perfect the rest of the way. And playing this game, there is no way you can be perfect, because this game is so hard.
