Bob Uecker Quotes
I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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I have no ill will about anything.
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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.
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I know no man who has any monopoly upon the wisdom of this universe. It belongs to those who can use it to help themselves and others.
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Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
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I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.
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In order to improve healthcare, we'll have to spend more on it, increase accountability and decentralize services, enforce standards and reinstate people's faith in it.
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Just because you did something once doesn't mean anything. You have to be willing in your heart to begin again every day. The minute I'm not willing to do that, I will retire.
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I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
