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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: April 16, 1947

Topics

Sports Succeed Intellectual Places

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.

Melina Mercouri

Things Marbles Such Things

I could go anywhere in the world and people would stop me in the street and talk about 'Fringe' and how much they adored it and asked questions about it.

John Noble

People Me World Questions Stop Go

I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear.

St. Vincent

Women Guitar Disrespect Feel Dirty

Everything has changed in recent decades - the economy, technology, cultural attitudes, the demographics of the workforce, the role of women in society and the structure of the American family. It's about time our laws caught up. We watch 'Modern Family' on television, but we're still living by 'Leave It To Beaver' rules.

Tom Perez

Family Women Technology Time Society

Health care providers can follow guidelines for responsible painkiller prescribing and talk with their patients about the risks and benefits of taking prescription painkillers.

Tom Frieden

Health Risks Care Talk Follow

Let's make Oakland a model city.

Ron Dellums

City Make Model Oakland

My uncle is a mechanic, and I wish I had paid more attention, but I never did.

Lucas Till

Mechanic Wish Attention Uncle Never

In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of.

Johnny Isakson

Life Business Community Government

I'm Jewish. Went to a Jewish school.

Jonathan Glazer

School Jewish

In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.

Debra Winger

Life Women Flame My Life Early Dumb

Just because you can wear a micro-miniskirt it doesn't mean you should. You don't need to show your midriff, either, if you're over 40.

Cindy Crawford

You Just Because Mean Need Over

You can be really weird, and people will still accept you if you're in movies. I'm not actually weird, but if I feel like being weird, then I can do it, and they accept it because you're an actor.

Ansel Elgort

People Weird Feel You I Can Movies