Satchel Paige Quotes
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Venezuelan baseball is more aggressive, more passionate, more exciting. The fans are not the same as in your native country.
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I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?
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The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
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People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.
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Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.
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I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
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This is my job. I just wake up, and I train.
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I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously.
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My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything.
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Danny Ferry did a very good job when he was here and put the franchise up to a certain level, as did Mike Brown, and his contract had ended after five years, and, ultimately, both sides decided they wanted to do other things. No hard feelings at all there.
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I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever.
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The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
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A skilled worker, regardless of the job description, remains a treasure.
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It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior.
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I don't want to finish my life not being alive. I think that is the saddest thing that can happen to a person. I want to keep living to the end.
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Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.
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Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
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The essential fact of Christianity is that God thought all men worth the sacrifice of his son.
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There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
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I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
