Felix Hernandez Quotes
I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead.
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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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I am very fussy; I am very detailed; I nag a lot. So in a sense, I am like Mr. Ping. I am temperamental, I am emotional, I'm fussy, and I'm very exact. And I want people to not fail; I want them to execute - all those things Mr. Ping wants in other people. Or animals.
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We learn by reflecting on what has happened. The process seldom works in reverse, although most educational processes assume that it does. We hope that we can teach people how to live before they live, or how to manage before they manage.
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A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community.
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The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule.
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It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.
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I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody.
