"I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp."

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Source : "Being Black and "Difficult" in Hollywood". Interview with Ishmael Reed, www.counterpunch.org. September 24, 2010.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

#New York Quotes #Play Quotes #Rookies Quotes

“There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.”
“After you've done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that's going to push you towards - to find your inspiration.”
“If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.”
“Prayers truly from the heart open all doors in Heaven.”
“In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.”
“A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting and destroying all the beggars in Venezuela an end was put to leprosy in that country.”
“The clock is ticking. It's time to stand up. Reject the lesser evil and that propaganda. Reject the lesser evil. Fight for the greater good like our lives depend on it, because they do. We're running out of time. It's time to stand up.”

Source : "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.
“Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.”

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