Ben Zobrist Quotes
Knowing the opportunity to win a championship here in Chicago, right now, that's the main motivation for me.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life - acting, school and everything else.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.
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For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
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Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East.
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I don't ever want to be like a peasant. I want to always be all right. But motivation is fans - not your kids, your mum, none of that. All of that matters, but number one is your fans.
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The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.
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Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.
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I grew up cursing a lot.
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Knowing the opportunity to win a championship here in Chicago, right now, that's the main motivation for me.
