Gary Sheffield Quotes
I like to make a difference in both places, ... We are a stronger team if I am on the field. I would like to let the guys who are used to be the DH, be the DH.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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I think singing and acting go hand in hand. Take an R&B singer: one song says, 'I love you,' the next is, 'Baby, don't leave me', the next is, 'If you leave me I don't care.' You have to drop in and out of different perspectives.
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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I had a brief period of questioning whether I should perhaps adopt a child. And my New Yorker editor, Henry Finder, was horrified by the notion.
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Pressure is something you put on yourself.
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Privacy is not a static construct. It is not an inherent property of any particular information or setting. It is a process by which people seek to have control over a social situation by managing impressions, information flows, and context.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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I like to make a difference in both places, ... We are a stronger team if I am on the field. I would like to let the guys who are used to be the DH, be the DH.
