Kevin Durand Quotes
I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.
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I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Small aim is a crime.
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I had a Ford F-250. It was a big ol' farm truck, but it wasn't a rig. That's about the biggest I've ever driven. That's what I drove back and forth to high school. I was a poor guy, and it was a truck that my uncle owned and let me drive because I had no money.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.
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The directories businesses still make nothing but money. They're overleveraged, they're bankrupt entities, but they still are the largest. This is all going to move online over time. Why Citysearch and Service Magic are so important to us, is because nobody has really colonized it yet completely.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself.
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Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.
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Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.
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You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.
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I grew up watching Letterman, 'Seinfeld,' 'SNL,' and Monty Python movies. But nothing made me want to get into comedy more than when 'Mr. Show' started airing.
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I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.
