Crazy Legs (Richard Colón) Quotes
If you're not messing up every now and then at practice, you're not doing anything above your ability to progress.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
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In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.
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I'm an honest guy.
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For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know.
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I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.
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Those trying to get support for their iPhones don't necessary trust their carriers, so they ask their friends for help.
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'I want to know what it says,' he answered, looking steadily in her face. 'The sea Floy, what is it that it keeps on saying?'
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Peoria is such a seemingly quintessential American city, and I had always wanted to draw on that in either my fiction or in nonfiction. The Midwest is also a landscape that I have always been infatuated with, perhaps because it's the first one I can truly remember.
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Perhaps the single most effective antagonist of American business is Ralph Nader, who - thanks largely to the media - has become a legend in his own time and an idol of millions of Americans.
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Then in chat, or at play, with a dance, or a song, Let the night, like the day, pass with pleasure along. All cares, but of love, banish far from your mind; And those you may end, when you please to be kind.
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It wasn't always easy - getting dumped by my female friends for their newfound boyfriends, husbands, girlfriends stung; I felt like a jilted lover, heartbroken and wondering what I'd done wrong. But it was also easier to forgive them, to accept what time and energy they were willing to offer, even if it was less than what I wanted.
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Sports are trivial compared to matters of war and peace, but some parallels apply.
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Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound. ~Slater
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I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?'
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If you're not messing up every now and then at practice, you're not doing anything above your ability to progress.
