Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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AttitudeTodayYouthForwardRich

Basically, I'm motivated to write about sociopolitical issues as well as relationships. I think those themes have stayed with me throughout my life.

Jimmy Cliff

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I believe in 'business has a force for good.' You know, business has an impact on society. Of course, it creates jobs. It creates prosperity, but on the other hand, we also leave a negative footprint behind.

Jochen Zeitz

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When I stopped looking at food as a reward or a celebration and began looking at food as energy to fuel my athletic ambitions, that really kind of changed the whole world for me. That was the real 'aha!' moment.

Joe Bastianich

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I'm not taking jobs anymore where I'm getting paid a quarter of what the male co-star is being paid. I'm not allowing that in my life.

Jessica Chastain

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There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.

Jenna-Louise Coleman

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I'm a Star Wars fanatic.

Matthew Vaughn

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The brain sits snugly inside the skull, but it's not a completely flush fit - there is still a layer of fluid between bone and soft tissue that serves as a natural shock absorber. Some shocks, however, can't be absorbed, and when the head gets clobbered too hard, the brain can twist or torque or rattle around inside its skeletal casing.

Jeffrey Kluger

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I'm confident I can take the gold in Beijing.

Amir Khan

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I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.

Dick Gephardt

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One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

Donald Trump

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Our founding documents didn't just protect the right to bear arms: they were designed to protect all the principles upon which America was founded - and the first among those were freedom of worship, peaceful assembly, and the right to free speech.

Anthea Butler

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When I was recording my first solo album 'Imaginaryland,' I was listening to a lot of movie scores.

Petra Haden

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