Larry MacPhail Quotes
The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.

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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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John Green was on the set of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the entire time, which is amazing! Wouldn't you want John Green on set the entire time?
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When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments.
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You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
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Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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I've always had to work hard for what I've got and to stay where I was.
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Working on camera, your face is your career. But I'm not really one to buy into the pressures. At the end of the day, the job I do, it's more about the art and craft of it. If you're good at what you do, there's a place for you in the industry, no matter what you or your skin look like.
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But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.
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The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.