Lou Boudreau Quotes
Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
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Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.
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I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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Leeks are normally given the job of flavouring other things, such as stocks and soups, but I find their creaminess and sweet, oniony flavour very satisfying.
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We want a money that some government mandarin can't just whisk into existence with a pen stroke.
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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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This is what I tell my students: step outside of your tiny little world. Step inside of the tiny little world of somebody else. And then do it again and do it again and do it again. And suddenly, all these tiny little worlds, they come together in this complex web. And they build a big, complex world.
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I worked with a guy, I can't think of his name, him and his wife, and one of them had a saxophone and the other played drums. It wasn't a regular job but I did a few gigs around home with them.
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I seem to have fallen for women with missing parents. Goodness knows what it signifies.
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I can laugh at myself because I've had to. Everything would have been much worse if I'd been the singing son of Nat 'King' Cole.
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Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth.
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I had a feeling it was gonna work out because not only did I enjoy the music and hit it off with the guys, but I was into theatrical rock and was willing to wear makeup and do anything to make it.
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Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
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We need a backbone, not a wishbone.
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Find someone worse off than you and help them. It will put your life in perspective.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.
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Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.
