Bill James Quotes
If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they're not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way.
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I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.
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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
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Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!
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It was an honour to be a part of that series. I still get fan mail every day for that show; a big portion of my fan base is from 'Gilmore Girls.'
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I wanted to create things that you can always pull out of your closet and rely on. I wanted to create a timeless, classic collection of clothing that you can keep expanding on.
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It's hard for me to judge my own films as an artist sometimes. But as an artist, I did feel a fulfillment working on them, you know?
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I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
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I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty.
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Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.
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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
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Which is the greater wrong? To hurt the unforgiving one, or hurt the one who has forgiven all?
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If you need five minutes every hour to look at tweets or to just surf the Internet, you need to schedule that into your schedule, allow yourself to do that. Because when people start procrastinating, what they've done is, they've tried to ignore that urge. They try to deny themselves time on Facebook or time surfing the web.
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Saw the English pilots coming from the sea in huge bands like the bristling hair of Zeus Jupiter. Heard all destroyed in Frankfurt. Sad... (12 April 1944)
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Knowledge of peace passes from country to country, like children's games, which are so much alike, everywhere.
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I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.
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It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival of the first mass-market PCs.
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If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they're not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way.
