Bob Feller Quotes
There has always been cheating going on in pitching and hitting. As far as cheating, using a wooden bat and flattening the hitting surface, that has always been going on. ... It is usually discovered in pretty good time.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I was not getting work, even after auditioning for films. So I started working in a studio as a photographer; I assisted a cinematographer for two ads. I was thinking that I will get into photography or cinematography or assist someone. But then the 'Dangal' offer came, and I was busy with the auditions.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
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I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.
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As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.
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I swear on everything holy I do not know what's on the Internet about me.
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I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with it. I would make completely different choices, do things I wouldn't have normally, because I had to fill this narrative shape.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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Many people see my early work simply as portraits of black and brown people. Really, it's an investigation of how we see those people and how they have been perceived over time.
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There has always been cheating going on in pitching and hitting. As far as cheating, using a wooden bat and flattening the hitting surface, that has always been going on. ... It is usually discovered in pretty good time.
