Vida Blue Quotes
Catfish Hunter was a man among men. He was a genuine person. There was nothing phony about him. I learned a lot from him, both on and off the baseball field.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
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I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.
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And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
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Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.
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Catfish Hunter was a man among men. He was a genuine person. There was nothing phony about him. I learned a lot from him, both on and off the baseball field.
