Andrew Benintendi Quotes
I think my size sometimes catches people off guard, but I don't think size matters when it comes to power. Mechanics and technique and bat speed matter more.
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When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere.
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It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages.
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People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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George Bush doesn't care about black people.
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When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
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I can't take the subway anymore. I think I can still take the bus, though. It's a double-edged sword because I'm grateful that people recognize and support me, but there are definite downsides to that.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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People look at me, and they go, 'You're white, you're smart, you must have went to college. You must have grown up with money.'
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What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.
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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.
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It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it.
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Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.
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I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?
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I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
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I got a lot of influence from my father, honestly. He'd take me in his car. I'd hear Carlos Santana. I'd hear Queen. I'd hear all these Turkish people, like, bands that he grew up listening to. He was in a band as well.
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I've come to the conclusion that roughly 50 percent of the adults in this country are simply too ignorant and functionally incompetent to be living in a free society. You might think I'm off base, but every day around half the people in this country go out of their way to prove me right.
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When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.
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Whatever I did, there was always someone around who was better qualified. They just didn't bother to do it.
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There is no good side to celebrity.
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There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.
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I think my size sometimes catches people off guard, but I don't think size matters when it comes to power. Mechanics and technique and bat speed matter more.
