Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes
Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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If this be treason, make the most of it!
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When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a game for me. The feeling of knocking someone out. My first knockout victory was when I was ten. He went down and his nose started to bleed, so they stopped it.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.
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We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.
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Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
