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The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so… — Chili Davis
In modern consumer society, the attack on mother-child eroticism took its total form; breastfeeding was proscribed and the breasts reserved for the husband's fetishistic delectation.… — Germaine Greer
The man with a cross no longer controls his destiny; he lost control when he picked up his cross. That cross immediately became to him… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only… — Paula Cole
In the old days, if a neighbors apples fell into your yard, you worked it out over the back fence or picked them up and… — Lee Iacocca
So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they… — Dustin Hoffman
When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It's not… — Jo Nesbo
The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on or something like… — Kaitlin Olson
The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then gotten picked up.… — Eva LaRue
I've picked up a great appetite for pastrami on rye and a nice cream soda. It is fantastic. So I have to be careful or… — Vincent Piazza
Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But… — Abraham Polonsky
The rugs that I picked out and the pillows with the little owls, sort of like whimsical throw pillows - I feel like you can… — Busy Philipps
I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant. — Mark Ruffalo
To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee. — David Spade
I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a… — Fred Upton
I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for… — Johann Lamont
I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother. — Mark E. Smith
Nothing's worse than telling your family you got a pilot, hearing the pilot got picked up, and then finding out it's not in the fall… — Dreama Walker
I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from… — Irvine Welsh
My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was horrible. I got picked on like no tomorrow. — Zachary Levi

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