Bill James Quotes

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate.

Bill James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenSportsPeopleNeverTop

The Constitution of the United States... specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy in the United States.

John Carter

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No space should be safe from theatre.

John Tiffany

SpaceTheatreSafeShould

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

Steve Buyer

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I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.

Stephen Ambrose

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I haven't run across anyone in Georgia who is not regretful and repentant of man's inhumanity when you talk about owning one another.

Sonny Perdue

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Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.

Sissy Spacek

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I think I was on this very straightforward escalator - grammar school, high school, college, get a job on Wall Street, kind of everything leads to the next thing. But at what point do you get to step back and say, 'I'd like to take a broader view of my time on this planet?'

Tom Steyer

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I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

Roberto Firmino

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Cape Verde produces good people.

Mo Ibrahim

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Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.

Luc de Clapiers

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The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

Christopher Hitchens

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I guess I just don't see America as separate from Vietnam or Ethiopia. This mentality of 'our team's better than yours' - it's a high school idea. My kids don't see those dividing lines, and I don't want to either.

Brad Pitt

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