David Ortiz Quotes
My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'
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I'm not a babysitter.
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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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I am only about winning and getting better.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.
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When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
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I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
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Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.
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I've never worn flats in my life. I haven't owned any since I was a kid. I suppose the only flats I have are the shoes I wear to the gym, but I put them on just before I start to work out... I like heels.
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I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations.
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Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.
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My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.
