Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (Monte Irvin) Quotes
You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
Gary Locke -
The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
Danica McKellar -
Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
Laura Schlessinger -
Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
Karl Marx -
The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
D. H. Lawrence -
Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
Maggie Siff
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I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front.
Garry Shandling -
My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to take care of them. Now it's because my son raps, and he's better than me. So now I gotta keep up with him, you know what I'm saying?
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I used to be obsessed with game shows. When the Game Show Network became popular in the late '90s, I was all about reruns of 'The Price Is Right.' I knew all the prices from the '70s.
Kate Micucci -
Whenever you move, I think you lose your history.
Calista Flockhart -
I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.
Bette Midler -
If businesses don't know from state to state what the requirements are for taxes, they have to waste a lot of money on accountants and lawyers before deciding to expand their business into the state next door.
Bob Goodlatte
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When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get traditional deals.
Caroline Leavitt -
I would never send my kids to a single-sex school.
Alexandra Wentworth -
My philanthropy is largely focused on healthcare, and I really want to make a difference to people's lives.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw -
I think it's frightening for all of us to contemplate that there's more to the universe than just us, in whatever form it takes, that there are higher forces at work, and to me, that's always a scary notion.
Jason Blum -
'Crash' is the hardest song I've ever sang in my whole life. It's the lowest in my vocal register and the highest in my register, all within 15 seconds.
Thomas Rhett -
My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer.
Louise Erdrich
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All writers have their own pet commandments.
Darin Strauss -
Most people don't know how to tell stories.
Ted Rall -
There's no person I aspire to be. I'm just doing my own thing and seeing what happens - not looking to something and trying to be that.
Flume -
Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.
Ana Ivanovic -
Being married is one thing, but having kids will completely change you. I still go out and hang with my buddies, but having two daughters will completely change your perspective on the world.
Dierks Bentley -
You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.
Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin