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Not a lot of people would do that at that time. But that's Mike.


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BENICIO DEL TORO I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.
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GARY F EVANS... Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never rea...
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CHARLIE JAMES I have a hard time believing that there are a lot of people out there who are more talented than Cas...
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CATHY ELLIOTT It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the...
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KEVIN COSTNER Are you really a doctor?” I asked.
“Some people say that.”
“Why?”
“Becaus...
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JARRETT HOFFPAUIR To a lot of people that would be an insult.
CRAIG FUGATE I would think it is. But as you know, a small group of people can do a lot of damage.
CHARLESTINE FAIRLEY Mike was not as sharp as he?s been. He missed a couple passes that would have given him a great day.
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VANESSA FRIEDMAN You do spend a lot of time walking and not finding them. You can't let that make you not believe.
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JOE PATERNO It's one of the most powerful things in sports. Not a lot of people can do that.
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JACK VALENTI I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my presiden...
JACK VALENTI There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
JACK VALENTI The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films ...
JACK VALENTI The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
JACK VALENTI Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.
JACK VALENTI No one today knows what is indecent.
JACK VALENTI There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.
JACK STRAW It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father u...
JACK STRAW In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. L...
JACK STEINBERGER In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the famil...
JACK STEINBERGER I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.
JACK STEINBERGER I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
JACK STEINBERGER I had no new ideas on the physics we might learn, and I could not compete with the younger generatio...
JACK STEINBERGER I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depressio...
JACK STEINBERGER In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We wer...
JACK STEINBERGER I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to...
JACK STEINBERGER I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
JACK STEINBERGER It's great that people are interested in Mars.
JACK SCHMITT But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base ...
JACK SCHMITT It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Cany...
JACK SCHMITT My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
JACK SCALIA There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know.
JACK SCALIA