Frank Robinson Quotes
No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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At the economic summit in China, Vladimir Putin is being accused of flirting with the first lady of China. Then again, Putin does have a history of not respecting boundaries.
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To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.
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Sometimes you're famous before you're good.
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I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality.
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What fascinates me as a writer is the stuff underneath, To me, what drives a novel is the curiosity behind the character and the depths that you want to find in that character.
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No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.
