Alice Ripley Quotes
My Mickey Mouse ears were given to me by a dear friend. They remind me of how I need to be silly.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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I've watched Urkel since I was a little kid.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.
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My college friends call me Karu, which is the worst. Only in our country can we make a short form for a short name. But otherwise, I've never had a pet name all my life. But now, in official meetings, someone will call me KJo. And I'll judge that person in my head. Just call me Karan.
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Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.
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When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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At least I can say that I'm honest.
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What we need to do is run our business. We need to come up with a value prop that is so compelling that customers have to go for it.
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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If you imagine your friend is recommending you content on a topic they're an expert on, they can do a really good job of that. They know what you're interested in, they know your personality, they know if you have a scientific type of mind-set or not.
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I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.
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The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was cool, and everyone talked about Iron Maiden. But they weren't necessarily the most popular metal band in America for a 12-year-old kid when I discovered them.
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My Mickey Mouse ears were given to me by a dear friend. They remind me of how I need to be silly.
