Bob Uecker Quotes
People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.
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Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It's gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it's natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it's how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.
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It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
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I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.
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I like 'Zorro.' I like people you can believe that don't have those stupid powers. That is the beauty of Zorro. He's just a guy working for the people, to save the people.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
