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One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms. Al Kaline
basketball live-in-the-moment moments
Live in the moment that you are in. Al McGuire
basketball winning nuts
When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric. Al McGuire
basketball player ifs
If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you. Al McGuire
basketball winning talent
Can't win without talent, you know. Al McGuire
basketball mass dean
Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort. Al McGuire
basketball practice coaching
You better have great practices. Al McGuire
basketball beautiful next
The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful. Al McGuire
basketball new-york fall
I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet. Al McGuire
commend giving honor martin surely uncle
If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due. Alveda King
commend commission metro
I?d like to commend the commission for envisioning a metro jail. It makes sense. Unfortunately for every municipality here, it?s all about the money. Thomas Christie
commend confidence mentally opportunity physically playing seems situation tough
He was put in a situation where he's had an opportunity to play a lot, and his confidence is growing. I commend him for it. This is a tough league. You've got to be mentally prepared, physically prepared. You have to be tough. He's playing all that for the most part, it seems like. Aaron Miles
commend economic education funding higher major prosperity state
I think we should commend the legislators for recognizing that higher education is a major contributor to economic prosperity and should be a state funding priority. Jim Barker
commend either fortunate gone tough
We were fortunate to come out on top; it could have gone either way. It is tough to come to Meridian and win. I just have to commend our kids, especially for their second-half effort. Ted Taylor
commend courage divisive leaders political symbol time
You are right that it is a hurtful, divisive symbol and I commend you for having the courage to tell it like it is at a time when too many other political leaders are equivocating on this issue. Coretta King
commend forest time trying
We commend the forest for trying to do more. But at the same time I think everyone realizes a lot more can be done. Ed Bond
commend commission current european exactly exceed forward industry meet needs proactive secure standards thinking worldwide
Our protocols already meet or exceed the current European standards and regulations. We commend the European Commission on their forward thinking and proactive approach. This is exactly what the industry needs to secure a stricter set of worldwide guidelines. Dwight Brunoehler
commend fine great impressed late reporter research solid truly work
I'm so impressed with the research that went into this book. I know Joel is a solid reporter -- after all, he did great work for us in the late 1980s -- but I want to commend him for a truly fine work of journalism. Debbie Davis
following ifs
If you'd been where I'd been... if you'd seen the things I'd seen!... you... you'd be me... Or someone following me around... Alan Parker
following gets highs looking months september whether
We want to see whether or not the following months follow on up out of here after September gets out of the way. We could be looking at the highs right now. Frank Lesh
following fun george good teams
We've all had fun following George Mason. But we've got a lot of other good teams in our league. Blaine Taylor
following house wants
A dog doesn't care if you're tired or it's raining. It wants to go out - and if it doesn't go out, it's going to be mournfully following you around the house for the whole evening. Mark Barrowcliffe
following
Dedicating myself to actually following through was my single biggest achievement. Nick Woodman
following-christ ifs mislead
If we are leading but not closely following Christ, we are misleading. Beth Moore
following guys monday players providence week
When we were 1-2 after the Providence game, our players that following week re-dedicated themselves, ... You don't get better on Friday, you get better on Monday through Thursday, and that's what these guys have done. The Vikings
following rest until
We're following up leads. We're not going to rest until we find the person responsible for this. Sheriff White
following markets oil worries
We're following international markets and their worries about the oil price. Tomas Taterka
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him. Charles Caleb Colton
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!... Charles Dickens
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
heck
Where the heck have you been all year? J. J. Johnson
heck missed moving multitude quick ran releasing watching week worked
Watching film, (the problems) weren't anything major. It was just little missed assignments. We weren't releasing to the linebacker quick enough. We weren't moving our feet. We ran too wide. We had a multitude of little things that we've worked like heck this week to correct. W. S. Gilbert
heck
We're going to put on one heck of a show, Charles Hayward
heck hunting morning supposed
(We) were supposed to go hunting the morning he got killed. He was a heck of a hunter, a heck of a fisherman. James Byrd
hecklers gone elements
I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue. Billy Connolly
heckling rooms ratchets
Sometimes heckling can almost help a set, because it ratchets up the tension in the room... can even bring things to a climax. Demetri Martin
heck people scoring
She's a heck of an athlete. We have to have diversified scoring where we get some other people some points. Tim DeBruycker
heck throwing
She pitched a heck of a game. Kristen is throwing very well right now. Kathy Smelstor
heck horses ran though
She ran a heck of a race. I though she could outrun those horses. I didn't know about the mud. Andy Leggio
holiday car house
I've never really cared much about money. I've got enough to live on. And it's not like I live in a fancy house, it's not like I own a car, and it's not like I ever go on holiday. Alan Moore
holiday thinking special
Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning. Alan Bradley
holiday black goes-on
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. Al Sharpton
holiday past perfect
Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism. Caroline Kennedy
holiday outlook performance pleased remain season year
We are pleased with our performance during this year's holiday season and remain comfortable with our outlook for the year overall. Bob Ulrich
holiday people scottish
I get recognised in the street, but that's more from all the Scottish people who are down in Blackpool on their holidays. Charlie Adam
holiday home thinking
I don't think of Home Depot as romantic, but I do think the Christmas wonderland they put up during the holidays is magical. That is what Home Depot is to me, and that is the only romantic thing about it. Betty Who
holiday vacation vacation-time
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking. Earl Wilson
holiday sweaters age
Middle age is when, whenever you go on holiday, you pack a sweater. Denis Norden
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones." Charles Dickens
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..." Charles Dickens
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job. Charles Stross
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals. Alan Rickman
kids wells understood
Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it. Alanis Morissette
kids winning
You'll never win anything with kids Alan Hansen
kids scientist natural
Kids are natural scientists. Alan Alda
kids mind desperate
In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid. Al Purdy
kids gang-members wife
Near my house in Los Angeles is a waterfall. I love to take the wife and kids, but it's also near a sketchy neighborhood. So there's a lot of gang members that hang out at the waterfall. It's like somebody took an Ansel Adams photo and then put a Cypress Hill video inside it. Al Madrigal
kids enjoyed
I went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself. Al Lewis
kids sure various
We want the kids to do as well as they can. There are so many opportunities (for various activities), and that's good. But, how do we make sure it's not a distraction. Brad Lancaster
kids years add
It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD and a waddle at Disneyland. Chris Colfer
kids awkward special
My life is an awkward visit from the kid's table while awaiting a History Channel special. Chris Colfer
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
prepared zimbabwe
We are prepared to play Zimbabwe in March. Samir Inamdar
prepared
We are prepared to go all-Boeing or all-Airbus, James Hogan
prepared
We are prepared financially to see this thing through to the very end. Brian Bogosian
prepared time
We're going to take our time and be careful. We are prepared for problems. Bob Castle
prepared
We are prepared for some things, and we receive just as fast as we prepare ourselves. Brigham Young
prepared rubber stamp work
I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president. Daniel Inouye
prepared quick ready
We didn't think he was that fast. He's pretty quick but we were ready for it. We were prepared for everything they did. DeMeco Ryans
prepared
You can never receive more love than you are prepared to receive. Deepak Chopra
prepared sure
We need to make sure that we are prepared when and if something does happen. Melaney Arnold
ready scout shares stand support
We stand ready to support any organization that shares Scout values. David Richardson
ready road run
I want to be an actor, and I am being an actor. I'm not ready to run off on a road trip. Yet. Liane Balaban
ready tough
We have to get ready now for Plainfield South. They are another scrappy, tough team. We'll have to be ready. Jeff Bambule
ready reasons
We have so many reasons to be here tonight. I'm also ready to do some shopping! Natalie Chanin
ready-to-die not-ready ifs
If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? Charles de Lint
ready
I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him! Charlaine Harris
ready worry
Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow. Mariano Rivera
ready respond sitting
We're sitting there on go, ready to respond if we have to. Cliff Lusk
ready sitting ticking time town
We're sitting on a ticking time bomb. This town is ready to ignite. Larry Southard
section win
We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal. Jeff Ackermann
section
When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?' John Roberts
section seen team
We play as well defensively as any team I have seen in this section in a long, long time. Mark Hatton
sections
I feel like everything after sections was just extra. Jordan Lawley
section win
We want to win every game, and Section V. Mark Johnson
section
This section is the most important part of the paper. Pu Zhiqiang
section teams top win
We think we can win the section and be one of the top 10 teams in the WPIAL. Joe Siecinski
section state three
Our section should do very well in the WPIAL. And at the state level, our section could have two or three state champions. Rick LaFerriere
sections stores
Record stores have whole sections devoted to the chant. Richard Morris
senior party political
There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague. Alan Clark
senior home self
I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews. Chip Conley
senior jobs men
I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man. Catherine Ashton
senior running team
I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running. Cathy Freeman
senior kids home
We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs. Carl Lewis
senior literature way
Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity. Bob Woodward
senior football men
Though I hope to have a few more seasons still in senior football, I am studying to be a physiotherapist and masseur when my playing days are over. We married men have to look to the future, you know. Bob Paisley
senior retirement believe
Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I believe that fiscal responsibility is the way to create prosperity for America and secure the retirement of America's seniors. Blanche Lincoln
senior hot may
I may be a senior, but so what? I'm still hot. Betty White
sincere substitutes ardent
There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness. Charles Dickens
since stimulated
We started giving presentations at practitioner conferences in 1986, and since then all of our derivatives research has been stimulated by contact with practitioners. John Hull
sincere loses
How can we lose when we're so sincere? Charles M. Schulz
since
I've always been interested in singing, and I've always been singing and dancing since I was little. Lindsay Lohan
since
What they have done is insufficient. It's now two years since the decision. Jonathan Todd
since uncharted
We're in uncharted territory. We haven't experienced something like this since the 1980's. John Felmy
since
You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid. Isla Fisher
since time
I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11. Kristy McNichol
since
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel. Thomas Steinbeck
students sometimes poet
There's been no poet, no great poet in the history of poetry who hasn't also been a great reader of poetry. This is sometimes distressing to my students when I tell them this. Edward Hirsch
students
I've always loved being a student. Elizabeth Olsen
students hard
It's very hard to remain a student in life. Carol Kane
students significant aids
I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions. Bob Inglis
students
We're going to take a look at all the qualifications that all of the students bring. Paul Kohn
student treat trying
What they're trying to do is treat them like they're not a student club. They are a student club. Kelly Shackelford
students three year
Three years ago, I had 18 students, ... and this year I have 44. Steve Gray
student students teacher
When the student is ready, the teacher appears. Likewise, when the teacher is ready, the students appear. Tom Callos
students wonder enough
One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education. Jane Jacobs
supportive actors
Actors are actually very supportive of each other. Alan Rickman
support
We want to support the PGA and its members. Dan Murphy
support good-and-bad folks
To the folks that continue to support through ups and downs... good and bad... I can't thank you... Chris Copeland
support-you people way
There are ways to meet people and surround yourself with like-minded people who will support you. Chris Colfer
support information prejudice
We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion. David Suzuki
support fields lucky
American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot. Bryan Burrough
support cost benefits
Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created. Bryan Stevenson
support feminism world
Not a shred of evidence supports the existence of matriarchy anywhere in the world at any time. [...] The matriarchy hypothesis, revived by American feminism, continues to flourish outside the university Camille Paglia
supportive bills path
I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result Carl Levin