Arthur Helps 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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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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'I Will Follow' is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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I don't collect any memorabilia. I wish I'd have kept everything I had. But who knew you had to keep it. Just gave it away. And we lost so much and we didn't look after a lot of it. I believe Paul's got everything he ever had, but I lost a lot of mine.
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Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.
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Simply stated, testimony-real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost-changes lives. It changes how you think and what you do. It changes what you say. It affects every priority you set and every choice you make.
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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
