Lou Brock Quotes

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

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• Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

  

  Abba Eban
  • Men
  • Tragedy
  • Rejection

• Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Rich
  • Course
  • Soak

• One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • People
  • Things
  • Acting

• Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

  

  J. D. Hayworth
  • Time
  • Great
  • American

• An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.

  

  Carl Van Vechten
  • Will
  • Questions
  • Ordinary

• We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Up
  • Problem
  • Motivational

• It simply isn't acceptable for the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, which amass data by the terabyte, to say, 'Don't worry, your information's safe with us, as all sorts of rules protect you' - when all evidence suggests otherwise.

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • Worry
  • Information
  • Rules

• There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Earth
  • Heaven
  • Kindness

• I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

  

  Ted Stevens
  • Best
  • Boy
  • Years

• Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.

  

  Tabitha King
  • Writing
  • Space
  • Process

• I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Better

• I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • Life
  • Cynical

• I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Think
  • News
  • Entertainment

• I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • School
  • Know
  • Bright

• We run to win, not just to be in the race.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Win
  • Race
  • Run

• Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.

  

  Warren Ellis
  • Learning
  • Weird
  • Difficult

• I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.

  

  Aaron Carter
  • Life
  • Feelings
  • My Life

• I knew 'Bad Girls' attracts a younger audience, and it's vital to get oneself known to that audience because, unless they watch me in re-runs on 'U.K. Gold,' they won't know me from a hole in the ground.

  

  Kate O'Mara
  • Bad
  • Know
  • Audience

• I believe that the mayor of the most diverse city anywhere in the world has to be a uniter, has to be someone that's comfortable in every community, has to be someone that represents all of us.

  

  Antonio Villaraigosa
  • World
  • Believe
  • Community

• A light broke in upon my brain, -It was the carol of a bird;It ceased, and then it came again,The sweetest song ear ever heard.

  

  Lord Byron
  • Song
  • Light
  • Brain

• When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and a part-time grip. I can't even imagine the luxury of not having to keep an eye on every aspect of production while directing.

  

  Amber Sealey
  • Hair
  • Eye
  • Imagine

• A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

  

  Ted Williams
  • People
  • Man
  • Day

• I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

  

  Lou Brock
  • Goals
  • Competition