Jim Valvano Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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If you're into a leather-jacketed crime fighter and his artificially intelligent robotic supercar, tune into 'The Good Wife.' If, on the other hand, you prefer the misadventures of a freelance itinerant trucker and his simian sidekick, check out 'The Walking Dead.' Or DVR them both and go talk to your family.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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Once, she'd been a pro at decompressing, loved to sit on the back deck of the beach house in one of our splintery Adirondack chairs for hours at a time, staring at the ocean. She never had a book or the paper or anything else to distract her. Just the horizon, but it kept her attention, her gaze unwavering. Maybe it was the absence of thought that she loved about being out there, the world narrowing to just the pounding of the waves as the water moved in and out.
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I don't get hung up about anything really.
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My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.
