Hakeem Olajuwon Quotes
I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and wholly rarefied existence.
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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When I grew up, there was one music: rock n' roll. Somewhere along the line, there was a separation. I don't know why it happened, but it did happen.
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I have been through a lot of ups and downs in life, both personally and professionally, and I discovered over the years that I have a lot of fortitude, and I got that from my dad.
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I need everyone else around me to be impactful in my life in some way, and I think my fans need that, too. And I choose to accept that role.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
