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John Edgar Wideman Quotes

Writing 'Hoop Roots' was a substitute or a surrogate activity. I can't play anymore - my body won't cooperate - so in the writing of the book, I was looking to tell a good story about my life and about basketball, but I was also looking to entertain myself the way that I entertain myself when I play.

John Edgar Wideman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: June 14, 1941

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Life Good Myself Roots Writing Book

I think the networks, in general, have to evaluate what's happening around them. I'm sure they're scared about a lot of things: Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and all these places that allow people to watch shows in chunks.

People Think Netflix Places Scared

With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment.

Joe Scarborough

Work Home Out Apartment Side Hang

This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.

Positive Way Image Impression Well

I style my hair so frequently that I need a really good conditioner to keep it moisturized.

Good Style Hair Need Keep Really

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting.

Me Saying Thought Fake Problem You

I like what Don Imus has done through the years to help kids with cancer at the Imus Ranch. He has raised awareness about autism. He has done any number of good things.

Good Good Things Help Done Awareness

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

Good Seed Giving You Anything Hold

My coaches do all the breakdowns of my opponents, and I leave that up to them.

Leave Up Opponents Coaches Them

I have been driven demented in my career.

Lord Mountbatten

Career Driven Been Demented

Dixie Carter was a goddess. The kind of wife and mother that every mother hopes their daughter will become and the kind of friend that is absolutely irreplaceable. She loved fiercely and was adored in return.

Friend Mother Daughter Wife Loved

Lies suck; they tear you apart from the inside out.

You Inside Out Suck Lies Apart

Much of my work in biology has been driven by my early training in chemistry. When studying a new chemical compound, the first and most important thing is to determine its detailed molecular structure.

Richard J. Roberts

Work Training Early Biology New

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