Great Quotes
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I had some great pitchers while in St. Louis. At first, they only 'pitched' the ball fifty feet. They had an allowance of six bases on balls, which was neutralized to some extent by four strikes. Later on, the 'throw' became a free-for-all, overhand, or any style the pitcher chose.
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Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics.
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Bernstein was everywhere - Vienna, London - and everyone admired him. Of course he loved Boston, and he did so many great things at Tanglewood. He was the best example of what a conductor should be.
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What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.
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I think that's what's so great about 'Jessica James' is you get to sit back and take a moment and realize that this person is black. And some days, this character wakes up and feels black, and some days, she doesn't. That is, for me, a fully black experience.
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We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.
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Fiction is able to do one thing better than any other art form: it is able to convey a convincing sense of what is going on in someone else's head. To me, that is the great mystery of life: what is everyone else thinking?
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Negative or positive attention - I think it's all great.
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As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.
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The American women are very pretty and have great simplicity of character, and the extreme neatness of their appearance is truly delightful: cleanliness is everywhere even more studiously attended to here than in England.
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The first play I ever did was with Michael Langham, Brian Bedford, and Colm Feore, at Stratford Festival. That was my first professional job, and I got to work with Garland Wright and so many great artists.
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Embrace your fire - even in hard times. A down economy can actually be a great time to start a business.
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People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.
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Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.
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I think Chicago's a great city. Like New York, it's full of energy.
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Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks.
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Scripture is, at its heart, the great story that we sing in order not just to learn it with our heads but to become part of it through and through, the story that in turn becomes part of us.
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The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.
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The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.
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In every great novel, who is the hero all the time? Not any of the characters, but some unnamed and nameless flame behind them all.
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Shower scenes are great. Janet Leigh never took a shower again in her life after 'Psycho'.
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The two great things about computer CG stuff are I can now do gags I would never have dreamed of in the old day.
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The movies of our particular childhood were so great that it's almost impossible to recapture that magic, especially as adults.
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If you play a match, then you got to give it all to beat the opponent; there is nothing like playing against a great or a non-great player. I treat them all as opponents and aim to beat them.
