- Acting Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, spending your life doing what you love is a gift. Everyone enjoys different walks of life, so find what you love to do and try to make a living at it.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Oakland A's, I loved all my teammates there. I loved all the coaches. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues. And for that, I thank them. I mean it was a dream come true for me.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been one of those things where anybody that's played a sport at the professional level, there's always a lot of challenges. And the one thing that's always been a constant for me is Jesus Christ and my faith - and just knowing that my walk with Christ is steadily going up.
- Braves
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was traded from the Oakland A's to the Atlanta Braves before the 2005 season, a childhood dream was realized. I grew up a Braves fan just a few hours south of Atlanta, and it was hard for me to believe that I was going to actually play for the Atlanta Braves and legendary manager Bobby Cox.
- Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I figured my wife was about to start law school. If that whole baseball pitching thing didn't work out, I had something to fall back on. I figure I'd put a ring on her finger. Turns out she was the smart one. Turns out she was the gold digger, not me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had hoped to do a lot more to help promote science in this country and in Europe, but I cannot see how that can happen. I have become toxic. I have been hung to dry by academic institutes who have not even bothered to ask me for my side of affairs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have fallen in love with people in the lab, and people in the lab have fallen in love with me, and it's very disruptive to the science because it's terribly important that, in a lab, people are on a level playing field.
- Nov 07, 2020
If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most great advances have been a collaboration. That is the joy of science for me.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most staggering linguistic turnabout for me is the one that equates green economy with 'sustained economic growth.'
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020