Steve Rushin Quotes

Baseball consists of a million threads of dullness, on a loom of ennui, woven into a tapestry of tedium.

Steve Rushin

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Progressive politics is not something to be bolted on to another cause.

Johann Lamont

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Some of the most green people in our lives are our parents and grandparents, who always bought locally and carefully. I remember my grandmother would buy a jar of cream and make it last for a long time. To me, that is just as green as something with an expensive, eco-savvy label on it.

Su-chin Pak

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To be fair to the Inquisition, they only used confessions extracted after the torture had ended, which let them claim that admissions had been freely given; the fact that the torture would have started again if they hadn't confessed was a minor detail.

Simon Hoggart

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When 'Tracks' first came out, I was courted by Sydney Pollack. I had lunch with him, and he opened the conversation with, 'Honey, you ain't gonna like what I'm gonna do to your book.' I really liked him, but I turned him down, because - well, I was stupid. I also turned down a great deal of money.

Robyn Davidson

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In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.

Marya Mannes

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The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Luc de Clapiers

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Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

Dick Van Dyke

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People don't realize how much money you have to spend: styling, publicity, a manager, and your agent. That's a chunk of change.

Chrissy Metz

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For my brother and me, there would be no 'Field of Dreams'-like playing catch, no nature lessons with our old man. Instead, it would be a darkened theater, the projector light coming on, and a new adventure unfolding.

Bob Weinstein

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Customers require the effective integration of technologies to simplify their workflow and boost efficiency.

Anne M. Mulcahy

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I must be cruel, only to be kind.

William Shakespeare

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As more and more money is coming into the formal economy, one can look at more attractive tax rates and lower tax slabs. Even if half the people who were in the informal sector move in to the formal economy and more taxes get collected, more money can be spent on the welfare.

Piyush Goyal

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