Gaylord Perry Quotes
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional.
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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I'm good at utilising body parts as letters.
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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.
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I didn't wake up and decide to become an activist. But you couldn't help notice the inequities, the injustices. It was all around you.
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The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.
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Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
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Hispanics have a long tradition of defiance against authority. Come to that, the Irish and Italians and Jews also have a long tradition of defiance against authority. Thinking it over, everybody has a long tradition of defiance against authority. (Except the Germans, of course.)
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.
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'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
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I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional.
