Babe Ruth Quotes
"I'm going over the valley." (Dying from throat cancer, his doctor found him wandering around his room, asked him where was he going?)
Quotes to Explore
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My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.
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My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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In the time I spent with him, Jurgen Klopp was enigmatic, larger than life, and extremely quick-witted. He is quite unique as a football manager in many ways, and that is what makes him so entertaining.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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You can't heal what you don't acknowledge.
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When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met – how do I top that?
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Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party.
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I used to be able to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But now, when I'm in a suit and tie all the time, sitting and being driven, you can just feel your body.
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I'm an only child, and in college, I was given a single, and then I lived with people for, like, two years but were my best friends, and we had a really fun time. And then I lived alone or with a boyfriend. I've never really had a bad roommate situation.
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The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's and sensory impairments. The question is: What Faustian trade are we making now, as we go after heart disease, cancer, stroke and Alzheimer's?
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Families fighting childhood cancer should not have to worry about where they're going to get the next dose of the drug they need to save their child's life.
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It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.
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I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.
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"I'm going over the valley." (Dying from throat cancer, his doctor found him wandering around his room, asked him where was he going?)
