Hakeem Olajuwon Quotes
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.
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Change is no threat to culture.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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A great painting is a great painting.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.
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What if the Big Three automakers made products that were simple and easy to use - imagine a car with a user interface made by Apple - while also constantly trying to push the state of the art? What if they constantly sought out new technologies and ideas, and incorporated them into their products?
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I like challenges, I like that fear you feel for something new, and with a new director, I think it's very important to always support new projects.
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I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.
