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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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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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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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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The book, if you would see anything in it, requires to be read in the clear, brown, twilight atmosphere in which it was written; if opened in the sunshine, it is apt to look exceedingly like a volume of blank pages.
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Gary Cooper turned out to be the surprise of my young life. He was so convincing with his stuttering, stammering awkward little boy manners. When the action called for Dr. Wassell to kiss me, I got all set for a bashful boy kiss. Well, it was like holding a hand grenade and not being able to get rid of it! I was left breathless.
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It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it.
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I was entirely natural and in many ways I have the same attitude now. I don't mourn the loss of my youth because I believe you should enjoy what you have while you have it.
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Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.
