Bill Veeck Quotes
Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
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I'm always very happy to talk to people. I relate to people, and the guy on stage is very much the guy that's off stage. People know when it's fake.
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All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to plan and some weeks where you're super frustrated.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
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The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization, and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.
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It's quite clear we've got strong franchises at the core of this company.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
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Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.
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I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides.
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Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too?
