Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes
When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?'
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.
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Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I hope everybody thinks they've got the best album. I wouldn't have put mine out if I didn't think it was the best.
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I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.
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Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.
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In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.
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I think every Muslim woman has to feel the world out for herself.
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I've done a lot of things that I regret.
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I don't believe that many things are impossible to achieve so long as you put your mind to it and take the time to get it done.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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Plague was plague, and could not be treated lightly. And this plague was obviously worse than most, having killed everyone in the region.
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I'm a big fan of live music and going to gigs, but I'll leave it to the professionals.
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I am in a traditional financial services business - but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption. What if this technology could do for the transfer of value what the Internet did for the transfer of information?
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When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What else could I have done?'
