Julius Erving Quotes

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

Julius Erving

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1950

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We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.

Jerry Springer

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I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works.

Jennifer Egan

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And all the charms of face or voice Which I in others see, Are but the recollected choice Of what I feel for thee.

John Clare

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You can become very serious as a parent. That's got to be fought against.

Tom Hodgkinson

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Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.

Tom T. Hall

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As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it's a privilege to be among youth.

Louise Wilson

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Songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day' and 'Dress Blues,' those were good songs, but the output wasn't as consistent in those days.

Jason Isbell

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Through adopting radical extremism, some young men who previously felt humiliated and emasculated by their peers can now feel powerful and intimidating - and gain status, attention from young women, and the comradeship and solidarity of other young men like themselves.

Deeyah Khan

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Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.

Chris Van Allsburg

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It occurred to me that memorials shouldn't be grand. If you really want to honor the memory of a tragedy, you shouldn't create areas of calm reflection. You should make people uncomfortable. Put them in the shoes of those who perpetrated and those who suffered. Then ask, would they be able to forgive in these situations?

Clemantine Wamariya

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As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged my kids to a performance of 'Twelfth Night' there, where they handed out pizza. Who knew that all it takes to get children interested in Shakespeare is a snack?

Arabella Weir

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Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time.

Anthony Holden

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