Laila Ali Quotes
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.
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I believe that I am only at a beginning, only knocking at a door, and I believe that the best is yet to come.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?
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Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
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When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.
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I don't care what size you are or how old you are - once you see the results brought to you by regular exercise, you'll wonder how you survived without it.
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My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.
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I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.
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Life in New York can be so, I don't know, chaotic, overwhelming, busy, frantic, and often, seniors can easily get overlooked.
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I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.
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I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.
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We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.
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Most of the best writing, the most creative writing, the most interesting, the most out-of-the-box kind of stuff, is being done on cable, you know, and on the computer. I mean, whatever it is, Amazon or Netflix or something. Because they're just willing to take chances, you know, and there's a market for it.
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I always like and appreciate the support for the fans; I am very grateful to everyone who supports me.
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The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
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Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there.
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Everybody wants to be a critic: a critic without the actual accolades to be a critic.
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You and I are way to fabulous to be ordinary.
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Everybody wants recognition, but we can't all get it.
