George Vecsey Quotes

When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.

George Vecsey

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LifeAmericanOldNamesOutDays

You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think, Aren't we kind of the same age?

Jennifer Aniston

AgeMeThinkFeelYouKnow

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

Ann Landers

WalkKingsPersonClassVirtueTalk

Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and I am continually amazed by the level of support I receive from individuals across the country.

Ann Romney

I AmSupportCountryLevelBeen

So I never spend a lot of time analyzing why people respond to my work. But I think that it's just the joy, a passion for life, that I think has always been in my characters. Beyond that, I'm just grateful for it.

Michael J. Fox

LifeWorkPassionTimeGratefulJoy

I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label.

Amber Heard

FindPlaceHardWhereComeIdentify

I've written 26 books and novellas as Molly O'Keefe. I moved through three different Harlequin lines and into single-title romance with Bantam writing under that name. Fun fact: It's not my name, and it's not even one I picked.

Molly O'Keefe

FunWritingNameThreeRomanceEven

I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.

Monte Irvin

SportsTeacherTimeJobSchool

Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda.

Jared Polis

EducationLongNationImprovingBeen

Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur fantasists ended up creating some of the algorithms that Oakland GM Billy Bean's statisticians used to win games with less salary money available for star players.

Douglas Rushkoff

SportsMoneyWinLongCreatingWay

I'm slow to pick things up. Everybody always seems to know more than I do.

Christopher Lloyd

SlowKnowMoreAlwaysUpThings

You can put Trump in the White House, but you need to prepare for a revolt because I'm going nuts.

Brian Tyree Henry

YouHouseWhiteNeedPrepareNuts

I am a writer... I am a genius of a writer; I have it in me. I am writing the best poems of my life; they will make my name.

Sylvia Plath

LifeBestI AmMeWritingName

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