Dave Winfield Quotes

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

Dave Winfield

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If you think something's stupid, it probably is.

John Lasseter

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I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me.

Michael Gove

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I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'

John Updike

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Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.

Soren Kierkegaard

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I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.

Tony Dungy

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You can't control what's going to happen to the book you're about to publish.

Rumaan Alam

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I cared too much about people liking me because I didn't like myself enough.

Mike Posner

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I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

Mickey Rooney

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I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

Miguel Syjuco

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One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.

Jean Cocteau

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Sometimes, when I'm trying to get my thoughts out, and I'm thinking too fast, I stutter.

Domo Genesis

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This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant.

Donny Osmond

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