Ray Dandridge Quotes
I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.
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I just love playing in major championships.
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish – there was a bit of nobility about her.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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When my wife passed, I stopped doing interviews and I stopped doing meet-and-greets, mostly because I sort of became this suicide ambassador. Everybody wanted to tell me their story.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
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I became what I wanted to be.
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Yeah, they let me do whatever I wanted to.
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A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
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One of my biggest inspirations was Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.'
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I wanted to play baseball!
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In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.
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I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
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I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.
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I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new deal, right? Just keep on working and something's bound to turn up.
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I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing.
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I can't get very excited about a musician who can do Art Tatum because I've got the Art Tatum records. I want to hear him take that and do something that hasn't been done. And there's enough of that going around that keeps the music very exciting. There's so many great young players coming out. I think we're in some kind of renaissance, especially in the rhythm section. I mean the musicians on drums and bass and guitar are really trying to figure out different ways to bring a rhythm section together.
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I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame.
