Willie Stargell (Pops) Quotes
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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I, for my part, do not conceive an act as having causes, and I consider myself satisfied when I have found in it not its ‘factors’ but the general themes which it organizes: for our decisions gather into new syntheses and on new occasions the leitmotif that governs our life
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I don't let the computer into my bedroom. It would get in the way of life, sleep. And I really can't let that happen.
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Federal research dollars invested at the National Institutes of Health seem expensive until we factor in the economic growth and jobs created by our world-leading life sciences industry.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
