Vin Scully Quotes
The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
Quotes to Explore
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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The union of theorizer, organizer, and leader in one man is the rarest phenomenon on earth; therein lies greatness.
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A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.
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As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.'
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If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will take ages, during which time God only knows how much human damage will occur.
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The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given.
