If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
Quote by Kareem Abdul-jabbar
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If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
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Kareem Abdul-jabbar Quotes
- I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
- Music is really something that makes people whole.
- I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
- If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
- I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
- I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
- I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
- My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.
- My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
- This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
Best Quotes
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- If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window.
- Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.
- The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.
- I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
- When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
- The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.
- Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
- An index is a great leveller.
- I want to be distinguished from the rest to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.