Ben Zobrist Quotes
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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Hear the other side.
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For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point is to find a key that emotionally connects people.
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Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.
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In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.
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Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs.
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I feel old and vulnerable. I now realise that I knew nothing and know nothing, but back when my career was beginning, I thought I was a man when, in fact, I was a dewy-eyed boy who'd not seen an avocado or eaten a tomato.
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In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize the species.
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When you're hot, you try to ride it as long as you can.
