Richard Ben Cramer Quotes

We strove for more than 60 years to give Joe DiMaggio the hero's life. From his debut at Yankee Stadium in 1936 until his death in 1999, DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.

Richard Ben Cramer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 12, 1950 - January 7, 2013

Topics

LifeGoodHeroDeathManFeel Good

The best way to motivate me is to tell me I can't do something.

Jimmy Graham

BestMeWayMotivateTellSomething

The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie.

Joe Dante

HeroSmallSmall TownWayAtmosphere

My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me. I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.

John Burroughs

LifeGreatMeWindMy LifeTide

My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

Jenny Eclair

I AmBrotherMeSisterPerfectWell

Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.

John Lasseter

CarWomanWiseAmazingMeCool

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

Robert Redford

PeopleImportantWhoImportant Thing

A film ingeniously directed does indeed give the impression of having been laid end to end, but a film ingeniously edited gives the impression of having suppressed all direction.

Jean-Luc Godard

DirectionEndImpressionFilmGive

Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience.

Michael Franti

ChangeMoneyPeopleBuildingHelp

But I didn't really enjoy my secondary education that much, probably because I am a very physical person and don't enjoy sitting at a desk all day. I just dragged myself through GCSE and A Levels, so it suited me very much to go on to drama school, which was very active.

Amanda Burton

EducationMyselfDaySchoolI AmMe

You don't want to watch people who are really awful. That's the goal whenever you're playing someone who's a little twisted. One of the important aspects of this is we just don't know who he is. Or who she is. And we find out along the way.

Stanley Tucci

PeopleSomeoneYouFindGoalKnow

Organizations that empower folks further down the chain or try to get rid of the big hierarchal chains and allow decision making to happen on a more local level end up being more adaptive and resilient because there are more minds involved in the problem.

Steven Johnson

DecisionEndProblemDownChains

Salsa verde is delicious with trout or most any fish.

Tom Douglas

FishDeliciousMostAnyTrout

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