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If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact. Ron Fairly
Halfway through April Naoko turned twenty. She was seven months older than I was, my own birthday being in November. There was something strange about Naoko's becoming twenty. I felt as if the only thing that made sense, whether for Naoko or for me, was to keep going back and forth between eighteen and nineteen. After eighteen would come nineteen, and after nineteen, eighteen. Of course. But she turned twenty. And in the fall, I would do the same. Only the dead stay seventeen forever. Haruki Murakami
You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done. Nastassja Kinski
Jerry Jones quote: "Personally, it was hard to see Emmitt in red."
Personally, it was hard to see Emmitt in red. Jerry Jones
If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities. Jim Henson
Pierre Bonnard quote: "It is still color, it is not yet light."
It is still color, it is not yet light. Pierre Bonnard
William Goldman quote: "Inigo Montoya: He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is..."
Inigo Montoya: He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using. William Goldman
for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded. They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes, and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars. Upton Sinclair
We value the individual. We probably put too much emphasis on the individual, if it comes right down to it. How many people, in the abstract, would...let's say Paige....how many people would she sacrifice to keep Andy alive? The answer wouldn't make any sense if you were looking at the whole of humanity as equals. Stephenie Meyer
The hierarchy of relations, from the molecular structure of carbon to the equilibrium of the species and ecological whole, will perhaps be the leading idea of the future. Joseph Needham
George Bernard Shaw quote: "If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd..."
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. George Bernard Shaw
Lew Wallace quote: "As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to..."
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly. Lew Wallace
I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night. Kenny Hickey
Not everyone can appreciate the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see. Ann Patchett
It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling. Aaron Sorkin