Willie Mays (The Say Hey Kid) Quotes
I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
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That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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Real people - the interesting ones, anyway - don't remain static, and neither do the ones I write about. Changes take place, and they react to them.
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I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
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Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.
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You need a debate and a vote on the principles: Do you want more Europe or less Europe? Do you believe we are more efficient with defense and security with Europe, or not? Do you believe we are more efficient for our companies with or without Europe? Those are the questions we have to discuss and push our people to vote on it.
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Every time you achieve something, you want to go after what's next. I'd like to see my own shows grow and someday be a headliner, fill up stadiums.
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Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved.
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I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.
