Willie Mays (The Say Hey Kid) Quotes
What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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Let's be honest: discrimination against Arabs exists in Israel.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
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Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.
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I did host the Jim Rome show with Jerry Ferrara for three hours when he was on vacation. Three hours is a long time. Think about how long that is. It was tricky, but it was a great experience.
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I don't think it's necessary to feel guilty. Because I know that I'm still doing the work that is going to help more sisters and brothers to challenge the whole criminal justice system, and I'm trying to use whatever knowledge I was able to acquire to continue to do the work in our communities that will move us forward.
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When I look back, I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity; it just happened - I did more than I expected, of course.
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And doomed to death, though fated not to die.
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More than half the states that will miss the voting-equipment deadline will have signed contracts with vendors.
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What you are thinking, what shape your mind is in, is what makes the biggest difference of all.
