Jacob Ruppert Quotes
It was in the open market that we found Joe DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals. A bad knee had scared everybody else off DiMaggio. But we risked $25,000 in cash and five players, and landed a star whom I would not sell for $250,000.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
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This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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What I really want to do is comedy. I would love to do some guest star spots on some single-camera comedies.
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It's true that I'm not cozy. I'm more reserved.
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All things are photographable.
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It was in the open market that we found Joe DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals. A bad knee had scared everybody else off DiMaggio. But we risked $25,000 in cash and five players, and landed a star whom I would not sell for $250,000.
