217 Quotes by Jim Brown

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    When you think of the sacrifices our firefighters make, think about the service of soldiers in foreign lands and listen to their lives, you have to be careful that whatever you do, don't cast a shadow on what these great people do.

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    Money is lonely anyway. When you got it, people always want it. You don't want to be used; sometimes you don't know where a cat is comin' from.

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    Baltimore has proven themselves on the football field. We can't take that away.

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    I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.

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    The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.

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    I was an in-between size. I wasn't tall enough to be a real forward, and I probably didn't handle the ball well enough to be a point guard.

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    You have to put money in its proper perspective. The way it is positioned in the culture is like it is the most important thing. But something is missing.

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    America is a great country. It has a lot of work to do. The bottom line is it's easy to talk; it's easy to have the media pick up on something, and it's hard to have the patience to put something in place you can build on that will make sure each citizen has their equal rights.

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