Jon Lester Quotes
One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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I'm kind of an antsy person.
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Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media.
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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I'm very unorganized.
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As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
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You can only do so much theatre.
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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
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Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written unless it contains at least one significant phrase that is worth waking up in the night to remember and think about.
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I'm sentimental to a fault.
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Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.
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One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.
