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“If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“You never know when true greatness is lurking around the corner. Just make sure you don’t forget the ones who already lurked.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“The secret of basketball is that it’s not about basketball.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“When the Lakers held Jerry West Night in March 1971, Bill Russell paid his own way to be there and said during the ceremony, “Jerry, I once wrote that success is a journey, and that the greatest honor a man can have is the respect and friendship of his peers.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“When the Lakers held Jerry West Night in March 1971, Bill Russell paid his own way to be there and said during the ceremony, “Jerry, I once wrote that success is a journey, and that the greatest honor a man can have is the respect and friendship of his peers. You have that more than any man I know. Jerry, you are, in every sense of the word, truly a champion. If I could have one wish granted, it would be that you would always be happy.”
― quote from The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
“our youth are told that buying expensive items is normal behavior for affluent people. They are led to believe that the wealthy have a high-consumption lifestyle. They learn that hyperspending is the main reward for becoming affluent in America. Why”
― quote from The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
“Oh, yes, she's unusual!" he said bitterly. "She blurts out whatever may come into her head; she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another; she's happier grooming horses and hobnobbing with stable-hands than going to parties; she's impertinent; you daren't catch her eye for fear she should start to giggle; she hasn't any accomplishments; I never saw anyone with less dignity; she's abominable, and damnably hot at hand, frank to a fault, and – a darling!”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Sylvester
“That boy,” he said. “I’ve done him ever favor I could. Some folks you can’t do nothing with. Just sorry. God knows I’ve done plenty of drinking and stuff in my time, but I be damn if I ever tried to cheat anybody out of any money.”
― Larry Brown, quote from Joe
“For thousands of years, males have seen women not as women could be, but only as males want them to be.”
― Christopher Ryan, quote from Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
“this place is full of shit. It’s run by aliens from outer space. Sure, they make the food look Italian, they make it smell Italian, but it tastes like goo from Mars.”
― Mario Puzo, quote from Omerta
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