Althea Gibson Quotes
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Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
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I've been a novelist since 1995 and have had novels in and out of option, and watching that process just made me realize that I have to live by what I teach my students, because I teach screenwriting at Spellman.
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
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When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
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When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
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I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.
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Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He did not make many enemies, and he had the ability to persuade people with that soft tone and very reasonable style of his. He's always been exceptionally good as the right-hand man.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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I think fans always want something new, but they want somebody who can deliver - to go out there and really entertain them and have good matches.
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I had a good job as a printer in the East End. Before the unions destroyed it, that job was very lucrative.
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It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.
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Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes — good will among men and peace on earth.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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Lets just plop them in front of the TV. I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV.
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For sheer excitement you can keep movie premieres and roller-coasters . An empty white canvas waiting to be filled. That's the thing.
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I started 'American Born Chinese' as a mini-comic. I would write and draw a chapter, photocopy a hundred or so copies at the corner photocopy store, and then try to sell them on consignment through local comics shops. If I could sell maybe half a dozen, I'd be doing okay.
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Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
