Bill James Quotes

None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I'm not saying that at all.

Bill James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 5, 1949

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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

Jeffrey Kluger

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When somebody asks me a question, I try to be as straightforward about it as possible. I try not to overthink what I'm going to say in an interview.

Shirley Manson

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There's a wide range today of documentaries on politics. The central mass of it is made by networks, and nothing's changed.

Robert Drew

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There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that's resistant to any kind of help or care or medication.

Miriam Toews

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People can lie in letters, but they tend not to. They certainly lie in memoirs.

Lois Lowry

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Things are better now that the attention has subsided a bit, and I'm happier. Now I can concentrate on what I'm supposed to do, that is, training and running. Despite everything that's happened, I feel like I'm still the same person.

Liu Xiang

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I don't think of it so much as the shows I did or the film sets. I mean, sometimes you'll get a nice location, but it's more, 'Who am I meeting on a day-to-day basis?' Often the rehearsals are a lot more fun than the show itself.

Joshua Sasse

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It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive.

Draymond Green

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Once you hit 40, being in a band - a committee voting constantly on what you're going to be doing next month - it's more of a challenge. And when you have a kid as well.

Dean Wareham

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We got to protect Medicaid.

Cory Gardner

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I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

Constance Baker Motley

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Essentially, if you are surrounded by those who 'outrank' you, it is likely to affect your identity in insidious ways.

Alissa Quart

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