Hank Aaron Quotes
I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.
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I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it.
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Our economy works really well without an income or a sales tax.
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I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.
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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I can totally identify with the younger kids. I'll never do what Jon Spencer did to me when I was 16, though. I made a tape with my friends and I put it onstage right near his mic stand by the pedal board and he pulled it out with his foot, kicked it to the center of the stage, looked me in the eye and stomped it to pieces.
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I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Composition has almost always been solitary.
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I'm drawn to the unconventional because I've been drawn unconventionally. I believe that I'm supposed to topple over these false images of what's idealistically beautiful. Because, of course, these intangible qualities are very attractive to women. Sincerity. Sense of humor. Success.
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Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll.
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God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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There are some truths to some of the stories, but a lot of it isn't - you just have got to let it go.
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I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.
