Bert Blyleven Quotes
Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter.
Quotes to Explore
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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
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When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
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You grow up a lot on set, but it doesn't change you.
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It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled with. Markets are social creations that can be, and have been, modified for social purposes.
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It's such a delicate business, the structure of film, isn't it? What happens if a scene is not there but two minutes later? It's an eternal, never-ending search, actually, which is very exciting. It really is.
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For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and Jews but between Lutherans and Episcopalians and Southern Baptists and the other endlessly fine-tuned sects.
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I'm not quite sure how I would do babysitting.
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What's interesting about Twitter and the influencers that someone follows - like, say, Shaquille O'Neal - is that they see someone who is using the exact same tools that they have access to, and I think that inspires this hope to be able to really engage with someone like him.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
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There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.
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First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.
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Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.
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People always say that Glasgow has had umpteen social problems but keeps finding ways of getting over its difficulties and transforming itself. Maybe, belonging to the city I'm able to renew myself too, and keep extending out into some new area.
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I also watched a lot of football and sports. I haven't had much time to watch too much TV lately.
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Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter.
