Mickey Cochrane Quotes
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See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
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Faith in oneself unlocks those hidden powers that all of us have, but that so few of us use.
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Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one's country - as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.
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He could have been an engineer and he would have been a great one, but he decided to be a catcher and he was a good one. Then he decided to be a bench coach and he was a good one. Now he is going to be a manager and he is going to be a good one.
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To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
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I have thrust myself into this maze, Haply to wive and thrive as best I may.
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Women being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the walls.
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From early childhood, my thrust was to get into the movies.
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America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.
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I do all the classics, like Dylan, Kristofferson, Jimmy Reed, Mexican mariachi songs, some jazz songs from the '30s. Cole Porter's 'Begin the Beguine,' that's one of my favorites.
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I'm a great pass catcher. I'm excellent in pass protection, which is the most important thing. You can't play, you can't get on the field if you don't protect that franchise quarterback.
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Doing the classics is always nice because it's a part of the archive, and that's what people love to hear, and I don't mind that.
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I'm a fan of originals and classics, but I'm also a fan of new ideas.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I'm much more comfortable speaking through my characters' voices than my own.
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But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
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You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.
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Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's given to fistfights, gunplay, and other mayhem. Kids who believe this about grownups aren't likely to argue about bedtime.
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The hardest shot in golf is a mashie at 90 yards from the green, where the ball has to be played against an oak tree, bounces back into a sandtrap, hits a stone, bounces on the green and then rolls into the cup. That shot is so difficult I have made it only once.
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The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
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Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.
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I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics.
