Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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BlackThinkToo MuchStatus QuoMuch

What we need to focus on is not that we're not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before.

Jimmy Smits

FocusMoreNeedLatinosThanBefore

I grew up in a pretty religious house. My family was Roman Catholic, and I couldn't wait to get away from that. But that doesn't mean I'm not a spiritual person.

Jeff Lemire

FamilySpiritualWaitHousePerson

You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them.

Michael J. Fox

MeChanceYouTelevisionKnowKind

The book is called 'A House in the Sky' because during the very, very darkest times, that was how I survived. I had to find a safe place to go in my mind where there was no violence being done to my body and where I could reflect on the life I had lived and the life that I still wanted to live.

Amanda Lindhout

LifeLiveSkyMindBookBody

Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard.

Steve Carell

GoodMeNothingHardLaughingFeels

There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success.

Steven Pinker

SuccessBusinessCompetitionSurvival

I don't know what it is about me: I am no Rock Hudson, but I absolutely wow all the little old white-haired ladies. They stop me and talk to me all over the country, on the street, in restaurants, in elevators.

Tom Heinsohn

I AmMeCountryStopKnowStreet

My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing when I lit up was boogie-woogie or something out of the Louie Jordan period of sometimes big bands, and then all kinds of things.

Robbie Robertson

MotherMusicMeSometimesOutBig

As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the things that are handed down, never, never entered the picture though they might have been very important.

Rita Dove

HistoryWomanSchoolThinkPicture

It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands that wealth creation is a good thing and they want more of it. Wealth is good.

Michele Bachmann

GoodFunSomeoneWealthHouseWhite

Never lose your faith in the American Dream. She's a nation under God, and God has never let a good American down.

Michael Moriarty

GoodGodFaithAmerican DreamLose

I love feeling like I'm 'on the pulse' of things. Nothing more satisfying, more valued, more exciting as a writer. Because shaping pop culture really means that you're saying something that a lot of people want to hear.

Liz Tuccillo

LoveCulturePeopleSayingYouWant

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