Don Yaeger Quotes
Bill Veeck was a charismatic and somewhat eccentric owner-fan during the post-WWII years.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
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I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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Americans have long trusted the views of Democrats on the environment, the economy, education, and health care, but national security is the one matter about which Republicans have maintained what political scientists call 'issue ownership.'
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I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects.
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I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy.
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When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.
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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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I love my friends. I love my love-life. I love my hobbies. I love eating.
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To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not.
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I do a lot of improvising when I'm writing, and I work very hard on the scripts... they are written very much in an actor-friendly way.
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The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.
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I struggle to watch myself in any scene, to be honest. What's done is done. I wish I was able to watch myself, as it would really help me develop as an actor. But I'm not brave enough. It's a difficult thing to do - looking at yourself as this utterly different person on a screen.
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Bill Veeck was a charismatic and somewhat eccentric owner-fan during the post-WWII years.
