#raft

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003. ↗

— David Cone

#baseball #baseball player #drafted #high #high school

If you've been told all your life that you're good-looking, people just flock around you and you never really have to try or have to learn an interesting craft, skill or hobby - or even have depth. ↗

— Brittany Daniel

#been #craft #depth #even #flock

A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#dwarfed #generally #grafted #high #high price

When you are calculating an hourly labor rate, add in an additional thirty percent to that rate cover employment taxes. ↗

— James Dillehay

#how-to-price-crafts #sell-crafts #selling-crafts-online #taxes #business

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves. ↗

— Phyllis George

#belonging #connect #crafts #create #express

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#although #australia #conflict #dad #drafted

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#did #fit #i #kids #knew

I had tried painting, mostly to give myself a greater appreciation of the craft and to inform how I looked at paintings. That led to collaging some of the work I had done on paper, and I found myself mixing in found pieces as well. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#craft #done #found #give #greater

We owned what we learned back there; the experience and the growth are grafted into our lives. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#experience #grafted #growth #into #learned

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all. ↗

— Dwight Gooden

#better chance #chance #decided #drafted #even