A Quote by David Ortiz
My parents always told me to stay away from trouble. When I moved away from them at a young age, I was fine because they taught me how to do everything right.
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From a very young age, my parents taught me the most important lesson of my whole life: They taught me how to listen. They taught me how to listen to everybody before I made up my own mind. When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge - and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time.
I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble.
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You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?
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