Carlos Ruiz Quotes

I always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also, I know I was not a power hitter.

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• That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.

  

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• More modern poetry is written than read.

  

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• To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

  

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• Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

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• I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!

  

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• My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'

  

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• We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

  

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• The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

  

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• Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.

  

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• 'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.

  

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• If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.

  

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• I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.

  

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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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• Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.

  

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• Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.

  

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• If I do decide to review a product, I sometimes negotiate with a company the timing of the review but never its outcome or tone. I sometimes strive to be the first to publish a review, but I never promise a good review in exchange for that timing.

  

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• Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.

  

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• We are able to persevere only because God works within us, within our free wills. And because God is at work in us, we are certain to persevere. The decrees of God concerning election are immutable. They do not change, because He does not change. All whom He justifies He glorifies. None of the elect has ever been lost.

  

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• I don't really do simple. I'm not really interested in simple at the end of the day, because nothing's ever simple, and nothing's ever perfect. People certainly aren't - I would hope, anyway, because that would be boring, wouldn't it?

  

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• I've got a feeling that with the best coppers - and in fact the best people in any field of work - what sets them apart is a maverick quality. People who are not afraid to bend the rules in order to achieve the universally desired end.

  

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• How can we salute - encourage the American spirit? That means many different things to many different people.

  

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• Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it's about the people you're surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head.

  

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• I always say that I think my job is behind home plate, call a good game, play some good defense, and also, I know I was not a power hitter.

  

  Carlos Ruiz
  • Good
  • Home
  • Job