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Joel Embiid Quotes

I always think about myself as, like, a regular person. I want to be able to enjoy everything.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: cameroonian
Birth: March 16, 1994

Topics

Myself Think Enjoy Person Want Able

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.

Values Material Things Blood Belief

It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice, morality, and conscience.

Power Justice View Wealth Morality

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

Waiting Song Bad Situation Blues

When I was in college at the University of Pennsylvania, where I studied international relations and French, I studied abroad in Paris for a semester. I think when you're there, you can't help but be immersed in fashion because it's such a part of the city.

City College Fashion Think Help You

Studio chief Winfield Sheehan wanted me to remain a little girl. If I lost my innocence, he said, it would show in my eyes.

Girl Eyes Me Innocence Lost Said

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

Dog Live Desert Go Want Hand

I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record.

Today Time Proud Strong Budget Die

I met a 13-year-old black child, Raymond, who had never been to school and had never learnt any words, yet it seemed to me that he was intelligent. It became apparent after a short period that Raymond thought in terms of visual signs and movements.

Words School Child Me Black Thought

He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.

Mind Go Said Never Somewhere He

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them.

Christopher Walken

Words Me Saying Think You Acting

I remember when cable happened and everyone said broadcast was dead, and then satellite happened and everyone said cable was dead, and then DVDs happened and everyone said everything was over. Nothing was over. I'm very optimistic about the future.

Future Remember Said Nothing Dead

I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek, and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.

Name Loved Interesting Just Because

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