Bob Feller Quotes
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?
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I love vintage cowboy boots, and some days I'm into platform stilettos encrusted in jewels. It's really all over the place.
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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
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Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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No one seems to wash in Middle-earth.
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President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't cease to be states overnight just because they get a great visionary as their new president.
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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I won't tell anyone where my favourite place in Scotland is... but it might be somewhere on Skye.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.
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Shops are not a growing business, so it's a scary place to be.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
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The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the older generation and so on. But then that's well blended into a happy balance and crystallised into common sense.
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where did he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Taller than a house the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, at the very brink, in the darkness.
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The watchword is only one, categorical and challenging for everyone. It already flies across and lights the hearts from the Alps to the Indian Ocean: Winning! And we will win, in order to finally give a long period of peace with justice to Italy, to Europe, to the world. (From the declaration of war's announce, 10 June 1940)
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It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here. It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.
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In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.
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Cooperstown is the greatest place on Earth.
