Bill James Quotes
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
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I don't know if I could rebuild an airplane engine, but I know a little bit about rotors and rivets.
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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.
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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.
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Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's very difficult, I think, especially on two cellphones, to have a romantic conversation.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.
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I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
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Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.
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The West sees Iran as an important force in the gulf.
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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!
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If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
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Love is the greatest of dreams, yet the worst of nightmares.
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The things I felt Baltimore would give me is a team that gives everything for each other and a team that wants to win and has a goal to win a Super Bowl every year.
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I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.
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Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.
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Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.
