Billy Beane Quotes
I love what I do. That's one of the reasons I've stayed. I love the community; I love driving to work.
Quotes to Explore
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Initial excitement over the announcement that Enbridge was building a pipeline to Kitimat dampened considerably when people discovered that the number of permanent jobs for locals, in the end, would amount to some dock workers.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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2009 was crazy enough! I can't believe I worked with Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Marsha Mason, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, Jack O'Brien and Trevor Nunn in the same 12 months.
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The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
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There are lots of reasons email persists, even as faster and simpler forms of communication proliferate and your personal communications likely have mostly migrated elsewhere. But one big one is that new types of media channels rarely totally kill off old ones, even though everyone predicts they will.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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When I started out playing small clubs, you could feel the room recoil from certain kinds of songs. Anything that was too personal, that had a sentiment to it, or was laying out your feelings, was immediately booed. People would start throwing things. And anything that was really provocative or humorous or radical was embraced or cheered.
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It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.
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Old paradigms die hard, even if they don't work.
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I saw my dad work hard and then would see and know his interest and intentions, and that wasn't necessarily the narrative you would see in the press.
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I love what I do. That's one of the reasons I've stayed. I love the community; I love driving to work.
