Ernie Harwell Quotes
I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.

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I don't say I never use Facebook, but I often think about closing my account.
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Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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I don't like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don't like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there's a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
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I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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I hate birthdays.
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I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'
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Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.
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Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
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American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.
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I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that!
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In the old days, you dealt with one regulator. Now it's five or six. You all should ask the question how American that is.
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At the end of the day, it is about working in a good film. It's the films that you leave behind that matter.
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If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.
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Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.
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Change and uncertainty are part of life. Our job is not to resist them but to build the capability to recover when unexpected events occur. If you don’t always try to uncover what is unseen and understand its nature, you will be ill prepared to lead.
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I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto.