Pedro Martinez Quotes
If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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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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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.
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I feel if I'm healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great!
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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But everything of value about me is in my books.
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There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.
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The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious doctrine. It's not an argument that it's reasonable to believe that Jesus really was born of a virgin or that the Bible is the perfect word of the creator of the universe.
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I think from the very beginning with 'We Are Young,' there was never any question about where we wanted the song to go and what we wanted it to sound like. And we knew that we wanted it to be big, we wanted it to be booming over the speakers at an arena or something.
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I got a finger that's literally bone-on-bone. This bad boy, it gets smaller. The more and more I do, it grinds bone-on-bone.
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So you have to take the good with the bad.
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It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words.
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If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
