Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes

There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

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LifeMy LifeDownPersonalMatter

A few years ago, I realized I was decorating and designing my house around what was beautiful rather than practical for my family. When I made that realization, everything kind of clicked for me. I started being intentional about designing spaces with my kids in mind rather than picture-perfect rooms.

Joanna Gaines

FamilyBeautifulMindMeHouseKind

I started in music and that's my forte and that's what I've always done and where I'm heading.

Jencarlos Canela

MusicDoneAlwaysWhereStarted

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

John Ortberg

HateSpiritualPeopleThinkingLong

I like to take chances. The actors I admire are the ones who aren't afraid to make themselves nasty, bad or even goofy. I've never shied away from controversial characters.

Matt Dillon

BadAdmireNeverAfraidGoofyNasty

It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long.

Steve Jobs

WorkFaithPeopleToolsLongYou

What is common sense isn't common practice.

Stephen Covey

PracticeCommon SenseCommonSense

I grew up your classic nerd who was not good at throwing balls or kicking them. I was good at reading stories by myself. That was my specialty as a child.

Tom King

GoodMyselfChildReadingBallsUp

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin' art collectors and everything!

Ronnie Wood

MusicArtNowSeriouslyFirstFans

Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

Jonathan Winters

FearHeartFoodHumorWomanMan

There really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's it. That's what we do as scientists or technologists.

Brian Andreas

FireStoryYouNeedStealingTell

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

Bonnie Wright

MeShoppingPersonScaryOutGet

The true key of the universe is love.

William Godwin

LoveKeyUniverseTrue

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