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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool.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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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
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The real bubble in China is in US Treasuries, in US dollars.
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I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
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Every time I go back to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to wait for my test results, and I wonder if I've relapsed or if I'm doing okay, I don't think about my company. I'm proud of everything we've done, but at the end of the day, it comes back to family. I'm still a wife, a mom, a sister - all of those things.
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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.
