Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

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I don't care if the critics don't like me. I want to be the people's designer, like Diana was the people's princess.

Jeremy Scott

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When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.

John O. Brennan

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Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.

Anita Baker

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I use a quill pen dipped in India ink. I also like Faber-Castell brush pens and Pigma Micron pens. And I work on Duo-Shade board.

Steve Breen

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To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.

Stephen Carter

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I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.

Soledad O'Brien

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Though as a psychologist I like to think that nothing human is foreign to me, I admit to having been repeatedly flabbergasted by the insouciance, and sometimes relish, with which our ancestors carried out and witnessed unspeakable cruelties.

Steven Pinker

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Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of something like the Pulitzers, the jurors often have another goal in mind: sales. They know that the Pulitzer stamp can sell a book.

Michelle Dean

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Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guaranteed pension.

Michael Moore

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I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

Mitch Hedberg

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I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear to me that I was a very poor writer and could've ruined my career before it even started.

Chris Pavone

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You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!

Brett Somers

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