"I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of it. This was ultimately my failure: my inability to work up a passion for the location of balls."

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Source : Haven Kimmel (2002). “A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana”, p.127, Broadway Books

Haven Kimmel

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“The great thing about Los Angeles is that you can get so much money in this town by constantly failing. You can get a lot of television deals that don't go anywhere, but you still get paid.”
“You will deal with ignorant, opinionated and innocent people. You will often have an opportunity to cheat them. If they could, they would cheat you, or force you to sell at less than cost. You must be wise, but not too wise. You must never actually cheat the customer, even if you can. You must make her happy and satisfied, so she will come back.”
“Never Hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.”
“I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.”
“Lots of people hate gay people. You can tell who they are because they start sentences with, â€œIt's not like I hate gay people.â€”

Source : Ali Liebegott (2007). “The IHOP Papers”, p.2, Carroll & Graf
“It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.”
“Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual?”
“I do support a sex-positive attitude for young people. Use condoms, that's important. I love the idea that promiscuity can be healthy but it's got some dodgy crevasses. Ooh, that's a bad reference! But it's got some dangerous cavities there. You know what I'm saying.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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