Jon Lester Quotes
Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.
Quotes to Explore
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I'm a proud family man.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done about the Palestinians living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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It's very unusual to be playing something other than human.
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The biggest question I have is if you're a rock singer or a rock 'n' roll band, or if you're a pop singer... if you've made your way in another genre of music and now you want to make a country record, why? That's my question. Why?
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Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
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I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.
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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
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Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.
