"I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues."

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Source : "Cal Ripken, Jr. Looks Back on Hall of Fame Career, Looks Forward with New Book, 'Hothead'". "On the Record" with Martha Maccallum, www.foxnews.com. June 17, 2011.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

#Baseball Quotes #Kids Quotes #Issues Quotes

“The meaning of world is the separation of wish and fact.”
“The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's.”
“Imagine a world where children were fed tasty and nutritious, real food at school from the age of 4 to 18. A world where every child was educated about how amazing food is, where it comes from, how it affects the body and how it can save their lives.”
“I've worked on high visibility shows that weren't always the best, and low visibility shows that I love but that didn't have the PR behind them.”
“If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.”
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”

Source : Philip Pullman (1995). “Northern lights”
“My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages.”
“Minds were made for blowing.”

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