Ralph Baer Quotes
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.
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I think it's important to keep your own identity when you've got a baby.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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The American Revolution as it actually unfolded was so troubling and strange that once the struggle was over, a generation did its best to remove all traces of the truth.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
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Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
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Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.
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I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.
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There are a lot of great actresses out there. You learn to appreciate each one for what they offer.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
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I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.
