Cuba Gooding, Jr. Quotes

It took me a month to get out of the mindset of O.J. But even now, still, I think it might have done something to my vocal chords. I went to see the doctor, and he was like, 'I don't see anything. You're fine.' But mentally, I might have broke a little bit.

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1968

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My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,' I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can.

Jim Crace

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One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it's fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

Jocko Willink

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I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.

Jerry Spinelli

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I went to high school in the 1970s and was a real daydreamer and not the best student.

John Benjamin Hickey

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The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as the World Bank and others have discovered.

Jenny Shipley

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We're becoming slaves to our social networks - and that's not a bad thing. You like your favorite networks, so do you friends, and pretty soon you have market winners.

Max Levchin

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Like many of the ideas that mattered in the American Revolution, extraterrestrials got their start in antiquity. The Greek philosopher Epicurus speculated that the universe must be infinite, eternal and abounding in 'worlds' just like our own.

Matthew Stewart

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We can be critical of the things that we love. That is possible.

Anita Sarkeesian

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I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty.

Tove Lo

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Football was really my least favorite sport and the last sport that I ended up picking up as a kid. My dad started me off with baseball, which most kids did at that time. I really enjoyed basketball. That was my favorite sport.

Tony Dungy

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The religious lifestyle keeps you focused. It's helpful when trying to manoeuvre through the music scene.

Matisyahu

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Revenue cures everything in the business world.

Jon Taffer

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