Ty Cobb Quotes
Certainly it is okay for them to play. I see no reason in the world why we shouldn't compete with colored athletes as long as they conduct themselves with politeness and gentility. Let me say also that no white man has the right to be less of a gentleman than a colored man, in my book that goes not only for baseball but in all walks of life.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his artwork is kind of big, grand, and bombastic, yet the films that he makes are very beautifully sensitive, and I just feel that his filmmaking sensibility is very different from his artwork.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.
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Without question Gibson guitars are the finest, most revered guitars on the planet.
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.
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My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.
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By unapologetically opposing the transformation of America into a Third World country, the GOP would sweep the white vote–once white people recovered from the shock of any candidate asking for their vote. Why should Republicans be ashamed of getting white votes? How about the party work on getting more of them?
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If you fall, get back up. That's what life is about.
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Certainly it is okay for them to play. I see no reason in the world why we shouldn't compete with colored athletes as long as they conduct themselves with politeness and gentility. Let me say also that no white man has the right to be less of a gentleman than a colored man, in my book that goes not only for baseball but in all walks of life.
