Carl Yastrzemski Quotes
I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.
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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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I didn't choose to be an actress.
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Many people struggle to make hummus that lives up to their expectations at home, and recreating a favourite brand or the stuff from your local deli is almost impossible.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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Love is a great emotion, but I believe it's not just about romance; it could be love for nature, people, for relationships.
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Rid self of suspicions by contemplating love.
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I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.
