Bill James Quotes
We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.
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Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
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Since entering office, I have focused on working with the people and businesses of New Hampshire to build a stronger economic future through innovation, and in no sector is innovation needed more than our energy industry.
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People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week.
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The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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I've gone on streaks where I haven't shot the ball well here, but I was always making up for it in other areas, so it wasn't as big. It's just a part of the game. I got to do better with it.
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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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I like to make the best of what I have. I'm not a supermodel, clearly. I'm not a makeup artist. I'm a real woman.
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I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.
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I've noticed if you look too far ahead, it only works negatively on you.
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If we are not free, no one will respect us.
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I have very specific advice for aspiring writers: go to New York. And if you can't go to New York, go to the place that represents New York to you, where the standards for writing are high, there are other people who share your dreams, and where you can talk, talk, talk about your interests.
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When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
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Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull himself out of the most critical situations.
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Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
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We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.
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I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
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Well, good-by, Uncle Tom; keep a stiff upper lip.
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Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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I wish somebody would have told me, 'Don't try too hard,' because when I was younger I wanted to try really hard. I wanted to please everybody and be this perfect, polite little girl.
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America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the world to think those are our standards. We want to be a better nation and a better people, with better standards.
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Security is not a static thing. Security would only lie in a man's confidence in reaching his goals and, indeed, in his having goals to reach.
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We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.
