Joe Torre Quotes
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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
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Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.
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I consider 'Dr. Horrible' a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone else's hands and changing the world.
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The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society - a system that has fostered unprecedented political, social, and intellectual freedom.
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Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.
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Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.
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If the first bite is with the eye and the second with the nose, some people will never take that third, actual bite if the food in question smells too fishy, fermented or cheesy.
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I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.
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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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Be happy. Don't make a Vine about, like, something not that happy.
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If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini.
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Whenever I come to Delhi, I forget about eating right and watching my weight.
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The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.
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I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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I immediately loved working with flies. They fascinated me, and followed me around in my dreams.
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Christian music has taken a turn towards worship music, which has turned into a lot of bands and those types of sounds. That's great. God is using that stuff and it's great.
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My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.
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As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I feel about the world, and I don't care what people may say.' His music is pure and honest. Beethoven never pretends to be anybody else.
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So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
