Satchel Paige Quotes
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Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I take care of myself so I don't feel insecure about my body.
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Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed.
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Perpetual Peace is only found in the graveyard.
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Innovation is a unique combination of existing ideas
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I'm fortunate in that I'm what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there's five or six minor characters in a scene, that need voice and personality and I can supply those characters.
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Saying women aren't funny is now like saying Asians can't drive or saying black people have bad credit. It's just really, like, so obsolete.
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My last word s that it all depends on what you visualize.
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Millions of small changes can be done, and through that, there can be a bigger impact because anybody can talk to another person. Anybody can educate somebody if they feel like their neighbor is stupid. It's more like "Educate thy neighbor, my friend." I think that enthusiasm, and not giving into lazy-minded cynicism, is where the potential and hope is.
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Let my temptation be a book, which I shall purchase, hold and keep.
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The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit.
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Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire.
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No ends, simply means.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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I would come back to public school for usually about half the year. It was actually better for me to be out of school a lot, because I was two years younger than everybody, which is a bad situation, socially.
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The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.
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Our guys used to call him Mr. Clutch. He was a clutch pitcher.
