Jim Valvano Quotes
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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If you're in love with someone maybe you can show it too much.
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We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal.
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The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.
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The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
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I'm not happy to be here. I'm just happy to be!
