Ben Zobrist Quotes
In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it.
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I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.
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No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?
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Van Halen is a work in progress.
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Work on your strong qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting the self die. Your stoniness will decrease; your ruby nature will grow. The signs of self-existence will leave your body, and ecstasy will take you over.
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If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.
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In the minor leagues, previous to 2008, I took a lot of pitches. I prided myself on on-base percentage. I made sure that I made the pitcher work.
