Alan Schwarz Quotes
Baseball, however, is the most individual of team sports: In perfectly discernible packets the game reduces to one batter versus one pitcher, with each assuming responsibility for the other, every matchup a still photograph that flipped together form the moving picture we call nine innings.
Quotes to Explore
-
The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.
-
The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
-
We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
-
I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
-
Gluttony is not a secret vice.
-
The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
-
I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
-
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
-
From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
-
I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.
-
Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
-
I always say that polo, for you to pursue a career, mainly any sport, you have to be born in the right place. If you're born in Hawaii, you surf. If you're born in Austria, you probably will ski. If you're born in Argentina, you most likely ride horses and have a chance to play polo.
-
If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
-
Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
-
I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.
-
I love Harley Quinn. I do. I just love it.
-
I mark the reading of 'Look Homeward, Angel' as one of the pivotal events of my life. It starts off with the single greatest, knock-your-socks-off first page I have ever come across in my careful reading of world literature.
-
I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.
-
The advent of so much dribbling has created a different kind of player, and it starts at a very early age. We have so many gifted ball handlers. Everything is pick-and-roll. Unless he's a catch-and-shoot guy, a player is going to put it on the floor and attack. Kevin Durant is a wonderful ball handler.
-
The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.
-
If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.
-
Time is our enemy here. This small amount of time that we have here this week is the start of putting this team together. These guys have to find a way to come together and it starts here.
-
Baseball, however, is the most individual of team sports: In perfectly discernible packets the game reduces to one batter versus one pitcher, with each assuming responsibility for the other, every matchup a still photograph that flipped together form the moving picture we call nine innings.
