Category: Quotations
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Old people
You know… every old person knows what it is to be young, but no young person can know what it is to be old. Thank you for listening. Eddie Cohen (Dann Florek), The Pitt, S2-E12, 6:00 PM
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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