Sammy Sosa Quotes
Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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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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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.
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I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture.
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It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
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The reality is that most companies are not about any values at all - they are about making money. It is extremely rare for a business to stand for anything because most businesses don't want to alienate potential customers, and if you believe in anything you are going to alienate someone.
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Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
