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If there is a positive thing to say about war, [it's that] it can be a wake-up call for people to get their financial life in order.


Gary Schatsky

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GARY SHERMAN The whole idea of 'Death Line' was to kind of highlight class distinctions in England more t...
GARY SHERMAN Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a stu...
GARY SHERMAN One of the great things going on in Chicago is the educational facilities here. And the largest film...
GARY SHERMAN I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent c...
GARY SHERMAN I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events t...
GARY SHERMAN I think that we, as a civilization, need to sit down and figure out how to solve political problems ...
GARY SHERMAN I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always...
GARY SHEFFIELD In L.A., wives can fly on the plane; with the Yankees, they can't. With other teams, the wives a...
GARY SHEFFIELD I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. T...
GARY SHEFFIELD I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't liv...
GARY SHEFFIELD I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame....
GARY SHEFFIELD Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see ...
GARY SHEFFIELD I've been the best player on every team that I played on, so if I can't be the poster child ...
GARY SHEFFIELD Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got ...
GARY SHEFFIELD When you challenge me, I like my chances in a fistfight. On the field, I use the same approach. I...
GARY SHEFFIELD When you see Major League Baseball putting academies in other countries, obviously that throws up a ...
GARY SHEFFIELD Regardless of what you're searching, you ain't gonna find it until you include God. Because,...
GARY SHEFFIELD If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that'...
GARY SHEFFIELD I trust no one totally.
GARY SHEFFIELD I had no interest in steroids. I didn't need them, and I didn't want them. I never wanted th...
GARY SHEFFIELD Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
GARY SHEFFIELD The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They...
GARY SHEFFIELD This is what people don't understand. When they might see me do something that's not 'Go...
GARY SHEFFIELD There are not many people on Team Gary. Actually, it's two people. My kids.
GARY ROSS The dynamic range of a digital camera is not that much greater than film, particularly if you push t...
GARY ROSS My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world,...
GARY ROSS The great seats of power tend to be wide and open, not vertical and soaring. Red Square, Tiananmen S...
GARY ROSS