Jake Peavy Quotes
When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications.
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I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school that is open and supportive of me being gone at times and pursuing acting. But school always comes first for me.
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I see myself as a witness to humanity.
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I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.
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It has come to be known as sub-standard music. When people hear that they immediately shut you off.
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Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
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When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.
