Jake Peavy Quotes
Be aggressive... That's the type of pitcher I am. I go as hard as I can for as long as I can and see where the cards fall.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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I say this all the time, but my hijab, it really is my crown, and it's something that I bring to the table. It's something that makes me unique. It shows the world who I truly am.
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In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.
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I have only one real hobby - my husband.
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The notion of being on a cop show was appealing, just because it's one of those tick boxes in a career.
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There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
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When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique I had developed was now ineffective, for visual impressions were not enough.
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It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard part - made up a story, provided the characters.
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I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and corn. Hey, I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else.
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I'm a pastor. I say, 'Let the church say amen,' and that settles it. Everything has been said, you know; it's like we have to agree with God.
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Be aggressive... That's the type of pitcher I am. I go as hard as I can for as long as I can and see where the cards fall.
