Jake Arrieta Quotes
That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball, it plays at a higher velocity.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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First time I sang, I was singing Alicia Keys in the bathroom of my mom's beauty shop. I was six.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
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It's really important that folks be able to speak out.
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I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional district. They all do important work that makes a tangible difference to the quality of life in our community.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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My instinct tells me "purpose" is maybe the enemy of a good personal essay. In my own experience, I'm always lost and wandering and searching - where am I? how'd I get in this mess? what's the point? - right through to the final draft, and sometimes even beyond that - baffled and defeated still, confused as to purpose long after the thing's in print. I never really have a guiding purpose or a point, not at the outset, anyway. It's like life: It's all discovered en route.
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That's why it's so important to have that gap between your fastball and off-speed pitches: then, when you effectively locate your fastball, it plays at a higher velocity.
