Ben Zobrist Quotes
There have been nights I've stayed up late thinking about, 'What's wrong with my swing? What do I need to fix?'

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My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'
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Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are struggling for the same piece of land.
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My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.
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I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored.
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Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. That is the ultimate secret of success. Never, never, never give up!
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My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.
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As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do.
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It's a tiny revolution to express yourself fully and be who you want to be, especially when systems tell you that you can't. I've realized how powerful it is for me to just discuss issues with young people and begin conversations.
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The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections.
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There have been nights I've stayed up late thinking about, 'What's wrong with my swing? What do I need to fix?'