Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes
I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
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For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.
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I'm a huge gamer. I play a lot of games, and I play one game until I'm really, really good at it.
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It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
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If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.
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I get carded for soda, you know, when I go to the supermarket. I mean, they card me for everything. You know, I can't even get through a hand of black jack without getting carded, like, five times.
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When I was younger, it was like, 'Yay, lesbians love me!' I didn't know there was a responsibility that came with it.
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What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
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I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture.
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We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
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Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.
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If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
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Drugs scared me.
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I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.
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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops.
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I think people realize now that integration and sharing information is not something that's nice to think about. It's not a luxury, it's a must, i think everybody gets that – in the national security and law enforcement side – but that doesn't mean it's easy to do.
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Humility is the forgetfulness of self.
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I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
