As a teenager in Scotland, I had American friends, sons and daughters of officers at a U.S. Air Force base.
It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.
There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.
Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science.
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.
Thankfully I have a fan base that wants to see me, so I really enjoy creating music that is different.
We know there is a very powerful fan base for Liverpool in Asia. We are not embarrassed to say we want to exploit that.
Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.
We tear ourselves inside out for something the world may love, then base our worth on that.
Aging only happens to people who lose their lust for getting better and disconnect from their natural base of curiosity.
I really grew my own fan base. I started posting videos on YouTube with the help of my parents.
Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.
The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast down with adversity, is generally abject and base.
It certainly is possible to construct a moon base in such a way that crews could stay for extended periods of time.
I do wear a lot less makeup in the summer, definitely - mainly because you've got a bit of a base tan.
There's definitely a large fan base for the 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' movies that need their next fix.
...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.
Every time I fought at home, I gave my fans a knockout. I spoiled my fan base in Cincinnati.
At base, the ugly meaning of collaborator carries an implication of treason: betrayal of one's nation, of one's ideology, of one's morality, of one's values.
Intellectual capital is the main determining factor and the base for economic and social development to any country.
Eating well and staying active is the necessary base to a clear complexion and a healthy body and mind.
Leading off an inning you never know, I could get a bunt base hit and start a rally.
Winning the Absa Cape Epic was the base for the perfect season. It really spiced up the soup.
Big media companies have lots of money and content, but they have no way to tap into a good base of users.
What you base your happiness around?
Material, women, and large paper?
That means you inferior, not major.
No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.
You rarely think about just throwing to third base to get one out. That's probably the industry's fault with all of that.
Everything I say is true and from the heart. I exaggerate some things, but the core base of it is just facts.
Base stealers are often considered their own breed: reckless, egocentric, even a touch mad.
Anytime you run a gimmick offence, you're a little bit afraid - you're not sound in what you're doing in your base stuff.
The beauty of periodic rebalancing is that it forces you to base your investing decisions on a simple, objective standard.
Boulder was my U.S. base for the better part of 20 years, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart.
What is my great wish and intention, is to make a base of compassion and to encourage people to work to shift the energy.
I believe in my heart that the name of the game in baseball - from an offensive perspective - is getting on base and not making outs.
My favourite type of pizza is a Napoletana: tomatoes, mozzarella, and very few anchovies. It must have a thin base.
The fan base for the Cleveland Browns is more passionate than Green Bay Packers fans.
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
A good fan base has developed around the Hurricanes, and I see the opportunity for continued growth for this franchise in the future.
Humor is most powerful thing that uses laughter as it base to chase your blues away.
You have to wake up and say, 'I have a fire in me to be better than I am right now.' That's your base.
I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning.
I don't think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it's nice. It really is.
When he asked if I would like to try second base, I thought, Hey, get me in the lineup.
Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.
Without Ace of Base, I kind of feel Backstreet Boys would have never found their sound.
I was so thrilled to be in 'Doctor Who.' It's such a wonderful experience, and the fan base that that show has never fails to surprise me.
Base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them.
I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didn't exist there.
I don't believe in eating junk and I protect my face all the time from the sun, even in the winter with base and makeup.
I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs.
Let us remember that all reforms are interdependent, and that whatever is done to establish one principle on a solid base, strengthens all.
Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.
Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.
South India, and in particular Hyderabad, holds a special place in my heart because I have a huge fan base here.
With 'Battlestar Galactica,' we had such resistance from the fan base to changing it. The upshot was, we ultimately won them over.
I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up.
Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to.
I have a fan base that some people say is equal to that of signed artists' maybe even more.
There were two dawns that morning. One the orderly sunrise of God, followed by man's fireball at the base of that rocket.
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