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Magic Johnson Quotes

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

Magic Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: August 14, 1959

Topics

Work People Talking Wonderful People

I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos.

John Carney

School World Professional Rock Irish

The key to empowerment is no more complicated than what Jesse Jackson said, 'We are somebody.' But the 'We are somebody' I would like to be in the larger sense: not just the urban African-American but homo sapiens in general - We are somebody.

Melvin Van Peebles

Key Complicated Said Empowerment

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Look Economic Function Astrology

Donald Trump is a fraud. Listening to him talk about how he's going to put American first again, he's spent his entire career putting his own profits first.

Tom Perez

Listening American Career Talk Fraud

Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.

Robin Marantz Henig

Fear Anxiety You Focused Right Real

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

Lucille Ball

Talent Regret System Because Passing

When you're accustomed to wealth, you don't show it, right? That's why the white kids in school could wear bummy sneakers; it's almost like, 'Don't show wealth - that's crass.'

Jay-Z

School You Wealth White Sneakers

I've never gone to acting school and I never will, so I'm learning about the business from the people who are in the business. It doesn't seem like I work at all. And the unknown is always exciting.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Work Learning Business School People

There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I've never seen that - in either direction - as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody.

Jools Holland

Yourself World Direction Better Seen

A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.

Christy Mathewson

Early Say Boy Ball Begin Playing

The best way to make change is to know how something works. If you're going to go build something or change whatever it is, if you don't know how it works and you're trying to go make a change in it, the first thing you're doing is you're spending time figuring out how it works. The same thing happens in organizations.

Brian Krzanich

Change Time Best Spending Time Doing

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

Bryant H. McGill

People Reputation You Say Ability