Hakeem Olajuwon Quotes
I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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We can't go to courts in China, so we have to find alternate ways, like working with brands to try and create a level playing field by identifying the most obvious polluters.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
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What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
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There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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We must occasionally remind ourselves of our brief visit on this planet. Shouldn't we try to express ourselves clearly, make a personal stamp on our environment, and pay attention to the details that make the difference?
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
