Nick Johnson (Nicholas Robert "Nick" Johnson) Quotes
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There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.
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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the leaves of our opening rose.
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One must choose in all things a mean just and good.
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When You Are In The Light, Everything Follows You, But When You Enter Into The Dark, Even Your Own Shadow Doesn't Follow You.
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The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd
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We have to finesse people. We've had different people step forward each week. More than one person chips in.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.
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Even if I were to suppose that I was dreaming and whatever I saw or imagined was false, yet I could not deny that ideas were truly in my mind.
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We need hot, dry weather. Upper Valley and New Mexico farmers were not hit as bad with the rainy weather as the cotton farmers in the Lower Valley, but we're (also) having trouble getting equipment in the fields.
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What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the point of pure hysteria; I never liked it. Those who are humiliated in such a way learn to disintegrate – that is, they become once removed from pain. This is the most direct route to psychic ruin.
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Lean forward, and head on down the mountain.
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But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in you. Call upon your strength. Use compassion and faith. Even during sad times joy is within you. Bring it forth. Wisdom is there to guide you. Use any one of your gifts and you will rouse the power of your healing place. Use all of them and you will sustain it.
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I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.
