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Laura Hillenbrand has 69 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story…
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Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all…
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I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled.
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I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a…
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story
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I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and…
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In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and…
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I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished…
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While it's really hard to do, at the same time, I'm escaping my body, which I really want to do. I'm living…
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it
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Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story…
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie…
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Popular Gehrig quotes from across the collection:
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Gehrig was not like the common folk; Created, was he, like the strongest oak;
— Unknown Author
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You remember what happened when Eddie Pipp got hurt? A guy named Lou Gehrig took over.
— Mike Ditka
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I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits).…
— Carl Yastrzemski
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Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes.
— Lefty Gomez
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Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up…
— Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Gehrig had one advantage over me. He was a better ballplayer.
— Gil Hodges
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He (Lou Gehrig) just went out and did his job every day.
— Bill Dickey
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I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's…
— Eric Davis
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Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the…
— Ernie Harwell
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In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject…
— Laura Hillenbrand
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James Parkinson. George Huntington. Robert Graves. John Down. Now this Lou Gehrig fellow of mine. How did men come to monopolize disease…
— Khaled Hosseini
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Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.
— Carl Hubbell
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