#agu

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#because #big #big leagues #bill #bill clinton

The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had minor leagues - they've had local rightwing guys who've become national rightwing guys, and who build slowly, and that's how it goes. We haven't had that. It isn't like we have a farm team. ↗

— Al Franken

#become #build #farm #goes #guys

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#acting #even #good #i #i do

I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

#been #blessed #career #doing #football

Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#architect #book #colleagues #felt #first

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids." ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#baseball #best #crack #down #example

Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution. ↗

— Uri Geller

#better #better place #cancer #disarm #diseases

But I think the Champions League Final puts a massive pressure on every player and the manager, but we're enjoying the pressure and hopefully we can go there and win it. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#enjoying #every #final #go #hopefully

I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#colleagues #culture #even #fame #fulfilled

I think the National League has better biorhythms in July. ↗

— Earl Weaver

#i #i think #july #league #national