I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.
Magic JohnsonRead
Young people want you to be real with them.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Young people value authenticity and honesty in their interactions.
This quote emphasizes the importance of genuine connections between older generations and youth. It suggests that young people seek honesty and realness from those they look up to or interact with, highlighting that superficiality may undermine trust and respect.
Themes
AuthenticityHonestyYouthRelationshipsTrust
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech to high school students about the importance of being oneself.
More from Magic Johnson
All quotes βStanding on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.
Magic JohnsonRead
HIV changed my life, but it doesn't keep me from living.
Magic JohnsonRead
I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure - like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
Magic JohnsonRead
I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
Magic JohnsonRead
My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!'
Magic JohnsonRead
Similar quotes
I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
Rainer Maria RilkeRead
What's this? That little red-haired girl dropped her pencil... Gee... It's got teeth marks all over it... She nibbles her pencil... She's human!
Charles M. SchulzRead
I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.
Virginia SatirRead
Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.
Don DelilloRead
Before I discovered the concept of the 5 love languages, a bit of advice I was given was to become a student of my wife and to take time to learn what makes her feel loved. I soon learned that what makes her feel loved may not always be the thing I want to do because it may not come natural to me. But learning to love her in the way that makes her feel loved is a greater demonstration of my love for her, because I've chosen to do it with a goal of pleasing her.
Gary ChapmanRead
Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth.
Doris LessingRead