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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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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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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The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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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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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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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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All poems say the same thing, and each poem is unique. Each part reproduces the others, and each part is different.
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Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.
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Giving people a voice on the one hand, and keeping the community and people safe on the other hand. Our bias tends to be to want to give people a voice and let people express a wide range of opinions. I don’t think that’s a liberal or conservative thing; those are the words in the U.S.
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I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
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I think Hong Kong's ballet audience is very sophisticated in the sense that they are able to find the beauty in good performances.
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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.
