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Last updated on November 17, 2024.
Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard.
You go up the mountaintop and all you're gonna get is a great big heavy stone tablet handed to you with a bunch of rules on it.
Nothing's handed to you on a silver platter. Everything takes work, no matter how many records you put out.
People always assume that things are just handed to me, but I've had to prove myself, every inch of the way.
There was an embarrassing moment at a recent Democratic fundraiser. When John Kerry was handed a $10 million dollar check, he said, 'I do.'
People assumed that I would have everything handed to me, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I was on my own just doing the grind.
I had my share of failures at the plate as a MLB player, but I was always pretty confident against left-handed pitching.
I'm handed a bunch of existing data. My job is to put that in the best narrative form. That is a puzzle I love to solve.
I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have.
Barack Obama took office in the middle of a massive financial crisis. He was handed a bunch of messes all around the world and at home.
At university level, I had an economics lecturer who used to joke that I was the only student who handed in essays on British Airways notepaper.
A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power.
I couldn't stop looking at the award when I received it. It was as if my whole career flashed in front of me, from beginning to the moment I was handed the Golden Globe.
A clear rule for self-control handed down by the Fathers is this: stop eating while still hungry and do not continue until you are satisfied.
Thanks to my upbringing, I always believed in myself and worked as hard as I could to get where I wanted to be. Nothing was ever handed to me.
Farooque Sahab was so natural. It never seemed as if he was pretending to be a character that a scriptwriter or director had merely handed to him.
See how it's a philosophy that's been handed to you by a bunch of men who were afraid. So instead, they overcompensate with hatred and violence and repression.
While I revel in the memories of my own Grammy moment, I also know how it feels to walk away empty-handed.
Art is prayer - not the vulgarized notations handed down to us in the scriptures, but a fresh vital discovery of one's own special presence in the world.
Harriet Tubman fought American slavery single handed and was a pioneer in that organized effort known as the Underground Railroad.
Tillakaratne Dilshan is innovative and scores quickly, while Upul Tharanga is neat and well organised - and left handed.
yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight it single handed with music
In any inner city, there's not a lot of opportunities, and you really have to dig out and chase what you want to do, 'cos it's not handed to you, so.
And I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts.
Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything
Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by the hard work and the pain of others.
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.
Of course, legends can call out whoever they want and do as they please, but they can't just show up and get handed matches.
Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
All that analysis is well and good, but what I need right now is a left-handed batter who can hit the ball over the shortstop's head.
I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.
On the Trans-Atlantic Single-handed Race Mr Owen Smithers has been disqualified for using both hands.
I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.
It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché.
In time of war all countries behave equally badly, because the power of action is handed over to stupid and obstinate men.
Basically I started playing double handed on both my forehand and backhand side because my first racket was very heavy.
I kind of waited for opportunities to be handed to me. I think I was lazy, and when things didn't go right, I just said, 'Oh well.'
The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.
I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.
Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them.
Greeks are notorious for their potions. I wouldn't say I've used Windex, but there are so many tricks that have been handed down to me.
These ball boys are marvellous. You don't even notice them. There's a left handed one over there. I noticed him earlier .
I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed.
To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature-could one dream of anything more?
These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.
So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?
Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.
Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you.
If you handed [character] a glass that was 90% full, he'd tell you that the 10% empty part proved that no one really cared about water.
I think a little tidbit I can give you is that I grew up with basically everything handed to me, except for my career. I worked for that.
O welcome pure-eyed Faith, white handed Hope, Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.
Don't go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.
Most of the time, I'm playing right-handed players, so it's a little easier to adjust going back to a righty.
I've got a funny way of looking at things. It's because I'm dyslexic, and I was diagnosed with ADD when I was younger. And I'm left-handed as well.
In every country and region, there are practices and ways of living and culture that have been handed down from ancestors. Naturally, I feel that these should be respected.
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community
The world has more winnable people than ever before but it is possible to come out of a ripe field empty-handed.
