#long

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#factor #how #long #long run #much

You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair. ↗

— Juan Marichal

#belonged #fair #far #had #hitters

This is a gift. This is a gift from God. It's really like the old Biblical passage that talks about your body being a temple. That's not to say that I've never done anything but I've never abused myself. Never gone over the top for a long period of time. ↗

— Teena Marie

#anything #being #body #done #gift

I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do. ↗

— Dan Marino

#consistent #great #how #i #just

I look at it this way. I'm not putting age limits on what I can do. As long as I can do the job to help the team win and feel like I'm playing at a high level, which I feel I can do for a long while, I'm going to play no matter what my age is. ↗

— Dan Marino

#feel #going #help #high #high level

A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#available #bars #complex #feel #hip

Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along. ↗

— Marc Maron

#agree #along #because #business #businesses

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#believe #commitment #contrast #difference #entire

You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way. ↗

— Bruno Mars

#fans #handful #haters #pick #some

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#black or white #cat #catches #long #matter