Doug Larson Quotes
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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Being in 'Doctor Who' has been so amazing. I don't think I will ever have a job quite so fun ever again. I feel sad because I am going to leave, but with any story, it has to come to an end.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.
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The Jewish people can do a lot of good if we stay united and strong - Israel and the Diaspora working together. If we don't, I always worry about the continuation of the Jewish people in Israel and abroad.
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A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
