Gerry Cooney Quotes

Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody.

Gerry Cooney

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Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

Michael Douglas

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My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.

Ana de Armas

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If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.

Robert Capa

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Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless kids to work off steam; more than a way for chubby kids to burn off calories; more than a frivolous luxury.

Robin Marantz Henig

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All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

Russell M. Nelson

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In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then add an impressive degree of class-based obliviousness. What you end up with is a guy who sees himself as a perfectly nice fellow - and who is genuinely disconnected from the impact of his decisions on people.

Molly Ivins

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Put 'Luis Suarez' into an Internet search engine, and up comes the word 'racist.' It's a stain that is there for ever. And it is one that I feel I do not deserve.

Luis Suarez

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I wish that I had been in 'School of Rock' because, when I was younger, that movie was the movie. It really made me want to be an actor - that's so cheesy. But I remember seeing it when I was little and loving it so much, being like, 'I wish that I was in that.'

Miles Heizer

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Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.

Lucy Liu

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As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off was my wife's money and little bits I was picking up for journalism.

Jonathan Coe

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I may have one more 'Star Trek' novel in me, but it would be in the old universe, not the new one.

Diane Duane

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I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.'

Demetri Martin

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