Jake Arrieta Quotes
At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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A lot of artists go in the studio and say, 'OK, whaddaya want me to do? Is it gonna be a hit? I'll do it. Is it gonna get played on the radio? I'll do it.' So they start makin' these songs, and they fall in the same tempo, same category, same this, same that, and it'll just all sound the same.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
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The devil made me do it.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.
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The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
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I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.
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There are a lot of possibilities I'm looking at for the future, but I'm very insistent on not limiting myself.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
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Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.
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I'm trying to think of other ones. Oh, yeah, I'd say - somebody would buy something and we'd say, and because you are our hundredth customer today, you get a free paperback.
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At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.
