#time

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better. ↗

— Julius Erving

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I was thinking of resigning since I did not want to be perceived as a man who did the president's bidding to save my job. I have had some time to think about it since. I think I did the right thing. ↗

— Robert Bork

#bidding #did #had #i #i think

A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name. ↗

— Evan Esar

#character #even #his #man #name

I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#earn #feel #feel good #fight #get

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#house #i #long #long time #need

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#black #defend #defense #hard #himself

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#clean #current #developing #garbage #get

Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#black #country #got #grew #i

There's an expression: Great is the enemy of the good. Sometimes in trying to be great, you make a mess of things. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#expression #good #great #make #mess

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. ↗

— David Bowie

#back #completely #felt #i #just