Willie Stargell Quotes

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

Willie Stargell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 6, 1940 - April 9, 2001

Topics

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A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to one's work.

Jillian Mayer

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I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.

Jewel

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We have grown up watching women be used as props on a man's journey. It's not our fault that that's what we saw as children. But we need to acknowledge that and do better.

Jessica Chastain

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When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

Jerry Reed

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In the car and in front of the camera I tend to be very calm but behind the scenes I can get fired up and passionate, I just don't see the need to shout my mouth off in public.

Jenson Button

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I hope that through Fast Forward, we can encourage women everywhere to know their power wherever they find themselves; to find their purpose; and to connect with others in order to create a better world - especially for women and girls.

Melanne Verveer

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Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing.

Jeff Goodell

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The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

Jean Genet

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I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else.

Sigourney Weaver

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Whenever we can, we try to talk to students. If I can, I'll invite kids from a school to a sound check and take questions from them. I want to show them it's cool to play the trombone. Kids are influenced by what's accessible to them. It's hard for kids to be introduced to music other than what they see on TV and video.

Trombone Shorty

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I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

Robert Benchley

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My life takes me all over the world, and I know how hard that can be on a relationship.

Drew Barrymore

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