Alonzo Mourning Quotes
The record pretty much tells it all. We have to improve to get where we want to be. There's no science to it.
Quotes to Explore
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.
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I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.
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A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.
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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing.
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If you want to see an endangered species, get up and look in the mirror.
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No one is satisfied with their life's work.
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I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?
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The record pretty much tells it all. We have to improve to get where we want to be. There's no science to it.
