Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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OpportunityAmerican DreamSchool

There will be no use of military forces in immigration. There will be no - repeat, no - mass deportations.

John F. Kelly

ImmigrationWillMilitaryRepeatUse

Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a curse.

Steve Southerland

WorkGodBlessingPeopleBelieveUp

Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.

Simon Callow

ChildhoodMeInfluenceEscapeBig

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

Ross Kemp

TodayDaySlaveryMoreHeightSlave

I don't know how a man can live with himself to get to the top knowing he didn't do it the right way.

Deontay Wilder

LiveManKnowWayKnowingTop

Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.

China Mieville

PeopleWayBecomeBooksLikeRead

I always knew I wanted to have children. When I met my husband, Rande, I thought, 'This is the guy.' When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Cindy Crawford

LoveGoodChildrenMomHusband

Horsemanship and the cowboy lifestyle and my culture as a Native American are all three things that are very, very important to me.

Brady Jandreau

CultureMeAmericanThreeLifestyle

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with.

Bruce Campbell

SleepTalentPeopleHorrorWithout

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

Annette Bening

PeopleYouMindsFirstOpenGet

In many previously classified documents relating to activities at the base, the words 'Area 51' are conveniently blacked out. There's always a euphemism for it - like 'the test facility' or 'the base' - but never 'Area 51.'

Annie Jacobsen

WordsTestNeverAlwaysOutLike

The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't like criticism, but if you are trying to shave two tenths of a second at 800 metres, that is what you crave.

Sebastian Coe

PeopleCriticismBetterTryingYou

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