Pedro Martinez Quotes
I just need to regain my command. I was concerned at first that I was not going to be able to go with the team and be healthy.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.
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I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
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I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory.
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I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'
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No matter where I travel, I make sure to carry a Vaseline body lotion with me to keep my skin well moisturised all the time.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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I love Madrid.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.
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The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
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Move fast and break things.
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I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly.
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If humans died in a healthy culture, they would not lock out the earth in metal coffins and carve their names on stone monuments, but would instead place the naked body in the earth and plant a tree above the silent heart.
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We've won a lot of championships, but I'm not sure that any one of them is any more special than this one. This team has come so far. They continue to amaze me.
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I just need to regain my command. I was concerned at first that I was not going to be able to go with the team and be healthy.
