Ernie Banks Quotes
I wanted to finish my career with one team, in one city, one mayor, one park, one owner. I did that. The Wrigleys owned the team. We played all of our home games at Wrigley Field during the daytime. So my career was very unique, and I am proud of it.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I was finding the whole situation funny because I was speaking to his profile.
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A lot of people I've played with see me as a scorer and a shooter. I'm still fast and everything like that, but then, when they see me dunk, it's like 'Oh, damn.'
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I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.
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There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media.
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I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.
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Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.
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Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world.
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I thought I was really a radical, political person, which of course I am not.
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First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef.
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There are so many different kinds of relationships, so it's sort of difficult to define what is considered normal.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, 'I'm going to ace this.' It's just not who I am.
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There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.
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That's never been done before in the NFL, so you'd have to say that this team is going to play a lot of close games, ... It's been phenomenal all the way across the board. They go after it super hard. Whether it's on offense, defense or special teams, they make key plays when they have to late in the game.
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You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.
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Politics in Iran is not played like American football. It's played like chess. There are multiple moves. You're jumping ahead. And a lot of it is very subtle, and it catches you by surprise later on. So I don't want to go overboard on this.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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I wanted to finish my career with one team, in one city, one mayor, one park, one owner. I did that. The Wrigleys owned the team. We played all of our home games at Wrigley Field during the daytime. So my career was very unique, and I am proud of it.
