Kevin Young Quotes
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me.
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I loved experiencing city life in New York.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
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I love superconductors.
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I missed a lot of school for auditions, but other than that I had a very normal childhood.
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.
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If you break up with your partner, go straight to the studio. You're going to make great music.
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President Trump can't vote for me. The people that sent me up here sent me up here to repeal and replace, 100 percent, the Affordable Care Act.
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I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
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People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.
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The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.
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Peace in the whole of Sudan is vital, not only for this big country -- the biggest in Africa -- but also for the entire African continent and the Arab world.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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Footnotes are for proving and showing where you've been. Also, they're for the curious - they can then go and find the information on their own.
