Phil Niekro Quotes

There's very few pitching coaches that I worked with that actually came out on the mound and told me what I was doing wrong with the knuckleball. Because they just didn't know. So I had to figure it out. I was on my own.

Phil Niekro

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MeDoingWrongKnowMy OwnPitching

In a conversation with a male executive, he tells me that he doesn't hire women because 'it's not worth the trouble.' I mentally blacklist him.

Andy Dunn

WomenMeWorthConversationTrouble

I think the way poems are taught to high school students is completely counterintuitive; it sets up this sense of being the poem's adversary. The poem is sort of sneakily trying to outsmart you.

Tracy K. Smith

SchoolHigh SchoolThinkTryingYou

Dragons, to my way of thinking, are just another 'race' of sapient characters. We see lots of elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, giants and, of course, dragons.

Robin Hobb

ThinkingWayRaceSeeDragonsJust

We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate.

Russ Feingold

EnergyBudgetDebateImportantOpen

When I am in London, all I do is mix with other people in the arts.

Martin Parr

I AmPeopleLondonArtsOtherMix

I've always been entranced by writing.

Marv Levy

WritingAlwaysBeenEntranced

I think some period drama can be quite alienating, but 'Downton' isn't. This is going to sound quite, um, pretentious, but someone said that it's like a soap written by a poet.

Michelle Dockery

ThinkSomeoneDramaSaidSoundPoet

See, winners embrace hard work.

Lou Holtz

WorkHard WorkEmbraceWinnersSee

Now AOL is the grandma of online Web services. I mean, we don't need it anymore.

Loni Love

NowMeanNeedWebOnlineAnymore

As long as I don't have to go back to the catering hall and wait tables anymore, I'm very happy.

Jon Bellion

HappyWaitLongBackGoCatering

I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there is one God. People worshipping goodness and love and kindness and truth are worshipping the same God.

Anne Lamott

LoveKindnessGodTruthPeopleKnow

I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again.

Audie Murphy

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