Bill James Quotes
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
Harold Pinter
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
Orison Swett Marden
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
Halston Sage
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
Abigail Breslin
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
Samuel Butler
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Be who you are and be that well.
Saint Francis de Sales
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
Hansika Motwani
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
Aaron Patzer
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
Karl Shapiro
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
Fedor Emelianenko
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
Kapil Dev
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
Lars von Trier
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
Mads Mikkelsen
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
Vikram Seth
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
Adam Peaty
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Making music is fantastic.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
Patrick Lencioni
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
Quentin Crisp
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It was the tragedy of women to be lusted after and stolen in the night.
Conn Iggulden
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Basically for me a story can be anything. Anything you tell me, anything I read in the newspaper, in any mode. I don't have any restrictions.
T. C. Boyle
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Sam Ewing
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Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.
Bill James