Dick Vitale Quotes
You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.
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I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I started to get very well recognized in the early seventies as the only man in the United States who had been elected three times to the board of NOW in New York City.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.
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Say yes to everything.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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In 2010, I was doing pretty well. I was going to go to graduate school.
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Now my daughter's wedding is finished, I shall improve the economy in Taiwan.
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To me, it's always a luxury to be able to work with the best of the best because they make it easier for you to do what you do.
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I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.
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What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.
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In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.
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You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map.
