Matt Kemp Quotes
I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.
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To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I've been dipping my toes back into TV.
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Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all those you've met all over the country. We've got some friends, some very close friends, and you just sit back and think how fortunate you were having a career like that. And, actually, there's nothing in the game of baseball that hasn't happened to me.
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I like to be a part of shows that are trying to make waves and changes.
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I'm a Southern girl, and I like to put a good face on everything.
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A man cannot live more than 24 hours unless he has at least three cubic meters of air that is being constantly replaced.
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I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.
