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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I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.
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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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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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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 can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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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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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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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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We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports.
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Honestly, all I ever do is work.
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The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.
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I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.
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God's never as nervous about our future, or as concerned about our past, as we are.
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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.
