Billy Beane Quotes
The idea that you can create a template that will work forever doesn't happen in any business. There's some really, really bright people in this business. You can't do the same thing the same way and be successful for a long period of time.
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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Microsoft makes numerous apps for both Android and iOS, as do Google, Amazon and Facebook. You can run iTunes and iCloud on Windows and Office on the Mac.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.
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Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic.
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Dream what you want! Start creating your own reality! Work hard for it and the rest will follow! Love and Blessings!
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I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.
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Fundamentals are the most valuable tools a player can possess. Bunt the ball into the ground. Hit the cutoff man. Take the extra base. Learn the fundamentals.
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The idea that you can create a template that will work forever doesn't happen in any business. There's some really, really bright people in this business. You can't do the same thing the same way and be successful for a long period of time.
