Category: Quotations
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Success
It’s not exciting to succeed unless there’s the danger of failure.Joe Torre, MLB’s 20 Greatest games #9, Game 7, 2001 World Series (Yankees v Diamondbacks)
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Right? Right.
Why do it right when you can do it yourself. Maya Hawke quoting her grandfather on Wait Wait Don’t tell me, 2024-05-18
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Race Tactics
Hope is not a tactic. Christian Christian Vande Velde, to Bob Roll during commentary of Liege-Bastogne-Liege cycling race, 2025-04-27
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Do you have kids?
Chris Benderev (Interviewer) Did you have tattoos before he died? Michael (a CPA) Never. But you know, it’s— tattoos are a very interesting thing. It’s less than the least I can do, but it does help me through the pain, and tattooing really, how I see it from my perspective, is just socially acceptable cutting.…
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Self-worth
“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.” — Quincy Jones from the Netflix documentary, “Quincy”
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Breeding like rabbits
A ring doesn’t block a hole. — Irish saying relayed by Maeve Higgins crediting her mother on Wait, wait, don’t tell me, 2023-05-27 episode