Eli Wallach Quotes
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Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
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Gee I don't know, I just want to get home.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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No more turkey, but I'd like some more of the bread it ate.
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I love trying new restaurants.
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If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
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I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.
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If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.
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A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
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I've got to tell you, I'm not really a tie man. I'll wear a tie if I have to: If I'm standing in the dock and it looks like I'm facing 20 years, then I'll definitely wear the tie!
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3.
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To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.
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Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.
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It takes all sorts of people to come together to fight tyranny. It's not about one race anymore.
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It is beyond my apprehension.
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Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’
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It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.
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I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
