217 Quotes by Jim Brown

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    We have literally hundreds of personal memories from this place just from the people we have met. The most enjoyable part of it for me was seeing our guests enjoy our resort and being able to bring a little bit of happiness to their lives. It was really like a family reunion each summer.

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    When Kennedy could not get the civil rights bill passed - and he was the big liberal - Lyndon Johnson came in and it got passed, and he was the conservative and the southerner. So sometimes in politics, to get something done, it takes a special kind of knowledge and a special kind of person, but it doesn't always follow the party lines.

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    There have been so few decent films involving Negroes that right away everybody expects every film to do everything. But when you make a flick, there are maybe two things you're trying to put into that flick. You can put the other things in another time.

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    We just have to take one shot at a time. We have to stay in the present and forget about what has happened and do the best we can every shot.

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    We are excited about all the tournaments but the Big Ten Championship is the most important. If we play the way we can we can be up there in every tournament we play.

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    What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?

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    TWA believes that the remains of Flight 800 should be treated like the remains of any other airplane crash and disposed of respectfully once the investigation is concluded.

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