Roberto Clemente Quotes

The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.

Roberto Clemente

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: puerto rican
  • Birth: August 18, 1934 - December 31, 1972

Topics

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If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.

Jil Sander

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Football should never be a worry. It should be exciting. When a child plays football outside, he doesn't need to worry. Professionals should be the same.

Johan Cruyff

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There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.

John Mott

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I'm pretty rough on my laptops. I go through about two a year.

Matt Mullenweg

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People fall in love for mysterious reasons.

Jeff Bridges

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I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

John Steinbeck

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When I started out in the duck-call business, my college buddies would come in and say, 'Robertson, you have a college degree. What are you doing?' Then they drove away saying, 'What an idiot!' Thirty-five years later, they're saying, 'The sucker's a genius!'

Si Robertson

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Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body.

Masayoshi Son

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I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.

Lou Brock

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The 12-hour workday is not uncommon to anyone anymore.

Jordana Spiro

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Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art.

Dennis Potter

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Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

Christopher Hitchens

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