David Ortiz Quotes
If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
Quotes to Explore
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I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.
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I always get sick of these conversations where people are so obsessed with pixels, with high definition, and even with technology in general. I find it just dull and heartless. And so I wanted to use only the worst machines.
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We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
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High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.
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Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.
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I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
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The problem with most children's hospitals is that they are passive. They are high quality. They are filled with the best doctors. But their function is to wait until kids get sick and get referred in.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
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I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two stories high, with these intricate wooden, windowed balconies.
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As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
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There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go.
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Merit pay has failed repeatedly, and it's no surprise. When you base teacher pay on standardized test scores, you won't improve education; you just promote the high-stakes testing craze that's led parents, students and educators to shout 'Enough!' all across the country.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.
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We have persistant objects, they're called files.
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We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.
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I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
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Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.
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I see the Calvin Klein girl as strong, fun, and confident.
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If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
