- Like
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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.
- Emerson
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me that I wasn't cut out for that line of work. I mean... there's a certain thing that really good reports have that I just didn't.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always liked performing in front of my parents' friends. My dad bought me a karaoke machine, and I would put on a Michael Jackson song like 'Thriller,' and I would come out with, like, a hat and a jacket, and, like, moonwalk in my socks, so I was always performing.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't very academic at school, but the Wolsey Youth Theatre was the saving of me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask me if my shoes were too small when I was a kid and I say it wouldn't matter how fight my shoes were, I just liked that feeling of them being in there. That's how I started tapping my toes.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it.
- Boxing
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- Nov 07, 2020