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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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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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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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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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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I'm a very lucky girl.
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While MIT and the University of Chicago duke it out for the title of nerdiest school, James Franco and Renee Zellweger show up at Harvard to party. Somehow, miracle of miracles, Harvard is 'cool.'
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Retail businesses have narrow margins. If you cut off a flow of young consumers, it's only a matter of time before the businesses struggle and fail.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
