Jim Valvano Quotes
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Nothing surprises me when it comes to people in the entertainment business.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.
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I didn't live far from where Leopold and Loeb lived on Chicago's South Side, so I had heard about them as a kid.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
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'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
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Waste paper is like a forest - paper recycles itself, generation after generation.
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I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.
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I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation on the face of the earth will dare utter: 'Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.
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Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.
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I had seen "Force Majeure" and I just love that movie so much. And I really wanted to artistically give a little hello to the filmmakers, and that kind of back and forth dialogue between artists that say, "I loved your movie. I was influenced by your movie. If I didn't have this job, I wouldn't be thinking of that. Do my TV show and then one day I'll make a movie where I can play with some of the visual themes in "Force Majeure."
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I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.
