Bo Jackson Quotes

I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.

Bo Jackson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1962

Topics

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The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.

John Cheever

LifeCommunicationWriteNeedSense

Faith is caused by an encounter with something very real but which has extraordinary qualities which intimate the divine; the belief is due to an encounter which specially mirrors some divine quality.

Robert Nozick

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I don't really write. I'm an on-the-spot type of person. This beat, let's listen to it; let's vibe. And then I'll do a melody, and then we'll go back and do it.

Travis Scott

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It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story is her story. That this history belongs to all of us.

Rory O'Malley

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You look at the Barefoot Contessa or Lydia Bastianich, and it's just like watching your mother cooking.

Ruth Reichl

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Yes we need enhanced border control. Yes we need to focus our efforts on those who pose a threat to our country. But let's not fall into the trap set by the Tea Party and others who would tell you that every single undocumented individual is a drug smuggler, a terrorist, or a threat to the American way of life. That is simply not true.

Michael Nutter

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We are 5 percent of the global population and consume a third of the total resources - on some level we should all feel guilty relative to the world.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.

Brene Brown

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I wanted to be a designer since I was a kid, and I was always attracted to the way rock stars dressed and the way their girlfriends dressed. I always thought that they were the most interesting people.

Anna Sui

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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

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A lot of shows, like 'Cupid,' that I loved with all my heart, it shouldn't have been canceled.

Paula Marshall

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High school was interesting because I'm an extroverted introvert, meaning I'm sociably anti-social. I spent a lot of time saying I hated it, but truthfully, I enjoyed it for what it is.

Selah Louise Marley

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