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I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pit...
SAMMY SOSA

I don't like controversy.
SAMMY SOSA

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
SAMMY SOSA

I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
SAMMY SOSA

I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be...
SAMMY SOSA

It's always an honor to represent your country.
SAMMY SOSA

I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every ...
SAMMY SOSA

I don't want to get fat.
SAMMY SOSA

You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening...
SAMMY SOSA

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for th...
SAMMY SOSA

I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
SAMMY SOSA

Make yourself comfortable in everything you do.
SAMMY SOSA

I'm the type of person who likes to enjoy everything that I do, take advantage of every opportun...
SAMMY SOSA

If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have 10 more.
SAMMY SOSA

I'm not a racist.
SAMMY SOSA

When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Thing...
SAMMY HAGAR

We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we ...
SAMMY HAGAR

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.
SAMMY HAGAR

All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That's ...
SAMMY HAGAR

I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
SAMMY HAGAR

I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
SAMMY HAGAR

When they brought Roth back into the picture, obviously I didn't go along with that too well.
SAMMY HAGAR

I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.
SAMMY HAGAR

Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo recor...
SAMMY HAGAR

It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoy...
SAMMY HAGAR

I've never done a box set, and Eddie's full of it if he says otherwise.
SAMMY HAGAR

I would like to enlighten people.
SAMMY HAGAR

I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff.
SAMMY HAGAR

If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. Yo...
SAMMY HAGAR

I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up wi...
SAMMY HAGAR

It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who e...
SAMMY HAGAR

I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like...
SAMMY HAGAR

I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
SAMMY HAGAR

The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart.
SAMMY HAGAR

Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. Bu...
SAMMY HAGAR

Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
SAMMY HAGAR

I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get dr...
SAMMY HAGAR

When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio mu...
SAMMY HAGAR

I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
SAMMY CAHN

I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
SAMMY CAHN

Take a simple name like Nicholas: you can rhyme it with ridiculous. If you aren't too meticulous...
SAMMY CAHN

My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang 'Be My Love&#...
SAMMY CAHN

Every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song.
SAMMY CAHN

I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to...
SAMMY CAHN

Do you think I'm wandering around all day thinking, 'I must write a song called 'Three C...
SAMMY CAHN

The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Sim...
SAMMY CAHN

Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Dad was told by mother. ...
SAMMY CAHN

Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
SAMMY HAGAR

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He'...
SAMMY SOSA

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the rig...
SAMMY SOSA

In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those rec...
SAMMY HAGAR

The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a bab...
SAMMY HAGAR

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right ...
SAMMY HAGAR

We grew up together, graduated together and he died trying to save my brother.
SAMMY LOZANO

If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had ...
SAMMY HAGAR

The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.
SAMMY CAHN

Sometimes the church talks about singleness as if it were similar to being chosen for Hufflepuff by ...
SAMMY RHODES

If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resum...
SAMMY HAGAR

Seeing what kind of person Dave is, now I know why they have never been able to do the reunion with ...
SAMMY HAGAR

Whether a person is important but more important to be a good person
SAMMY SENDOW

I'm not even thinking about passing McGwire. The season will be over September twenty-seventh. Mark ...
SAMMY SOSA

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
SAMMY SOSA

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right t...
SAMMY SOSA

Everyone knows that what happened to me is great, but at the other side I care about winning. I care...
SAMMY SOSA

I feel great. I feel lucky to be back and not have to watch the games on TV anymore. When you're a c...
SAMMY SOSA

No, I don't.
SAMMY SOSA

That doesn't make any sense, but I guess everything I say is a headline.
SAMMY SOSA

I don't know what he's talking about. I was surprised when I got here and people told me about it. I...
SAMMY SOSA

People were talking (stuff), knowing nothing. They don't know I feel. Why am I going to be hiding f...
SAMMY SOSA

I always acted like a man and also treated [Hendricks] with respect, ... I feel disappointed he'd sa...
SAMMY SOSA

I didn't have the season that I wanted to have because I changed leagues and had a lot of adjustment...
SAMMY SOSA

Those are some of the best players ever to play the game, ... It's not a record that's easy to attai...
SAMMY SOSA

I thought he was Michael Jordan,
SAMMY SOSA

That was everything right there,
SAMMY SOSA

A hit is a hit, ... any time.
SAMMY SOSA

There's nothing to talk about. I hit it pretty hard, but that's the way it is.
SAMMY SOSA

I feel pain but not that much pain, ... It was right under the nail and right in the middle. That's ...
SAMMY SOSA

I want to thank you all for making the signs,
SAMMY SOSA

In the time that I was there I respected everyone, ... I'm hurt that someone would say that. I ask m...
SAMMY SOSA

I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
SAMMY SOSA

I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day....
SAMMY SOSA

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging ...
SAMMY SOSA

My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
SAMMY SOSA

I'm not frustrated. I go out there and try to do the things that I have to do every day, work hard a...
SAMMY SOSA

He just was the most humble rock star I have ever met, besides having the best hands of any bass pla...
SAMMY HAGAR

It was a horrible way to end the whole thing, ... So, I just say, 'Man, that's it for me. I'm not pl...
SAMMY HAGAR

He's going to make some plays. That's Randy Moss. Hopefully we can contain him and we did that at th...
SAMMY KNIGHT

We didn't hit the ball well tonight, but we did get the hits when we needed them. No matter what it ...
SAMMY DAY

An audit was done last year by Professor U Africa, which revealed that academic exclusion was racist...
SAMMY MASHITA

Before the merger, the Westville campus had a minimum registration fee of R2000. Now UKZN has increa...
SAMMY MASHITA

Personally, I don't think the team was teetering on whether (Williams) apologized or not. Rick just ...
SAMMY MORRIS

After he stabbed Jorge, he jumped on top of me and stuck me in the back.
SAMMY LOZANO

[Neither Dusty Baker or Sammy Sosa would comment on their closed-door meeting, prompted by Baker's e...
SAMMY SOSA

I'm real happy my name is in the record book, but it means nothing because we lost.
SAMMY SOSA

I'm not thinking about that, but I'm not going to lie to you - I'm having a good time.
SAMMY SOSA

To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got...
SAMMY SOSA

You never know what can happen. We both have a lot of chances to break it. I'm not thinking about br...
SAMMY SOSA

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me rea...
SAMMY SOSA

It's kind of a groovy record, ... It's almost a little retro. It's not '80s-type fist-in-the-air Sam...
SAMMY HAGAR

If they called me up, I would puke.
SAMMY HAGAR

I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get drunk. I d...
SAMMY HAGAR

When he called me, my stomach went wrench! ... [I thought], Maybe Dave and I can buddy up and all of...
SAMMY HAGAR

Valerie is a pretty strong woman. She's not intimidated.
SAMMY HAGAR

It was just way too drawn out. I can't work like that.
SAMMY HAGAR

Outside of the Yankees, who could take on such a gamble? You don't know if he'll ever be Sammy Sosa ...
SAMMY SOSA

C'mon dude, walking even hurts. A couple of days back it was very ugly and painful. It was right und...
SAMMY SOSA

I've never met or spoken to David Lee Roth, yet it's rather ironic that even he's saying...
SAMMY HAGAR

Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I ...
SAMMY HAGAR

You can repeat lies of others without hesitation
Because, you don’t have to give justificatio...
SAMMY TOORA

I'm so scared. The city gotta do something, you know. This cannot happen every couple of years.
SAMMY KIM

I loved the Godfather. I thought that was the best interpretation of our life that I've ever seen. G...
SAMMY GRAVANO

But we did a good job of keying on the other guys who might have hurt us and contained them.
SAMMY MEJIA

That team was a lot more than those two. We expect them to field a good team this year.
SAMMY MCCORMICK

We're looking forward to the challenge. If we relax and play, and execute, we should be fine. We pla...
SAMMY WEST

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

You don't swing where you sleep.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some frien...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage a...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big,...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could nev...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to ...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they th...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with you...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch ...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this count...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with you...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch ...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect few...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy n...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch ...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy n...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could nev...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

The voices in my head does not likes attitude of some people. I know how to defend myself, but I do ...
SAMMY TOORA POWERLIFTER

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

We can’t answer King’s assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone aro...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the swee...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.
LEE CHILD

In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my ch...
JENNIFER LEE

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgi...
SANDRA LEE

What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out tha...
AILEEN LEE

There's a McDonald's in the Louvre.
LEE RADZIWILL

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was d...
AMY LEE

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our chil...
LEE HANEY

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.
AMY LEE

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, wh...
TANITH LEE

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
TANITH LEE

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don&#...
TANITH LEE

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Ma...
TANITH LEE

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone sa...
TANITH LEE

No one is ever ordinary.
TANITH LEE

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most e...
TANITH LEE

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
TANITH LEE

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.
TANITH LEE

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to rev...
TANITH LEE

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.
TANITH LEE

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
TANITH LEE

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as ...
TANITH LEE

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say i...
TANITH LEE

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
TANITH LEE

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural b...
TANITH LEE

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm ...
TANITH LEE

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them....
TANITH LEE

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. A...
TANITH LEE

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fictio...
TANITH LEE

Pirates have always fascinated me.
TANITH LEE

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more d...
TANITH LEE

There is too little courtship in the world.
VERNON LEE

The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
VERNON LEE

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of wa...
HARPER LEE

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
HARPER LEE

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it th...
HARPER LEE

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
HARPER LEE

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't ...
HARPER LEE

I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's ...
LEE TREVINO

There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Supe...
JIM LEE

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