Bill James Quotes
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
Yves Chauvin -
I don't know if I could rebuild an airplane engine, but I know a little bit about rotors and rivets.
Dane Cook -
My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
Ed Asner -
I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
Hampton Sides -
Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
Jack Horner -
I didn't even know for years that people ever even got paid for this, because they don't teach you that in school. They don't say Shakespeare got a check.
Walter Dean Myers
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
Laura Dern -
I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
Ottessa Moshfegh -
Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.
Ted Williams -
I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
Rachel Weisz -
Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.
Carly Fiorina
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The West sees Iran as an important force in the gulf.
Salman Rushdie -
Everyone has the right to their lives and to look the way they want to! Tomorrow I can put on 25 kilos... it's my choice, my body!
Kajol -
If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
Katee Sackhoff -
I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
Taraji P. Henson -
Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
Sam Ewing -
I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?
Faith Hill
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I have never used the word 'boy' to describe a black, nor would I tolerate it in my office.
Jeff Sessions -
When you ask people why they were evicted, the big reason is nonpayment of rent. They can't afford to keep a roof over their heads. Utilities are a big part of the story too, while the third leg on the table is the lack of government help with housing.
Matthew Desmond -
I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.
Shirley Chisholm -
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
Charley Pride -
Even if you don't have a lot, you can help someone.
Lynn Schusterman -
Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.
Bill James