Jimmy Piersall Quotes
Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I don't think about the media.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.
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If you want to lose weight, you have to be obsessed with it. You can't depend upon your dietician, your trainer or various health aids that you have. You have to be organised. And believe me, it isn't that difficult. The first 10 days are terrible because you have to break the lifelong habits that you have made.
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I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get the projects that I get with the writers, the directors.
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I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
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Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.
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Now don't stir. I'll be back in five minutes. And don't fall into any temptations while I am away.
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For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.
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In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me.
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I think it's something we are going to have to monitor over the next two weeks to two months.
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It’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
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My solo playing utilizes the deployment of suggestive psychic rhythms. I'll state these throughout a given piece and play thematic improvisations on top of that. I like to suggest that rhythmic movement without always playing it. I like to create openings that I can step into.
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Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.
