Benches Quotes - Page 8

• Al-Qaeda's obituary has been written countless times over the decade. Each iteration has proved to be ephemeral, as the moment has continually shown itself to have a deeper bench than we imagine.

  Bruce Hoffman

  Ephemeral, Als, Moments

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• Johnny Bench
  befriended me my first year in the big leagues. He took me under his wing during my first All-Star Game and we've been friends ever since. He's one guy I've tried to emulate and I'll always compare myself to Johnny (Bench).

  Gary Carter

  Stars, Games, Wings

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• When trouble comes no mother should have to plead guilty alone. The pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, goat herders, fathers, and peer groups should all be called to the bench as well. . . .

  Mary Blakely

  Mother, Father, Should Have

  Mary Kay Blakely (1995). “American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.

  Dan Quisenberry

  Jobs, Real, Mean

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• I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

  Frank Lampard

  Character, Player, Want

  "Chelsea's Frank Lampard expects to be a free agent in the summer" by Dominic Fifield, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2012.

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• Initially the papers said that the fact that Louis Brandeis was picked because he was Jewish. The New York Sun said he's the first Jew ever picked for the bench - a long and bitter fight expected in the Senate over confirmation.

  Jeffrey Rosen

  New York, Fighting, Long

  Source: www.slate.com

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• [Louis] Brandeis had a very distinctive vision of political economy that he persuaded Woodrow Wilson to adopt in the 1912 election and that he largely enacted from the bench.

  Jeffrey Rosen

  Political, Vision, Election

  Source: www.slate.com

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• If that were a winning argument, Donald Trump could get anybody off the bench on his cases by just something deeply offensive based on their background.

  Deborah Rhode

  Winning, Argument, Offensive

  "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

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• As a goalkeeper, you can't come off the bench for 10 minutes and prove your worth - it's either you're in or you're out.

  Joe Hart

  Goalkeepers, Minutes, Prove

  "Joe Hart: Man City keeper says he is 'surplus to requirements'". Interview With Steve Bower, www.bbc.com. March 10, 2017.

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• Bench me or trade me.

  Chico Ruiz

  Baseball, Trade Me, Trade

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• When Javy Baez goes out there, man, you saw him before the game sitting on the bench, saw him waving into the camera, he's just being himself. I love that.

  Joe Maddon

  Men, Games, Saws

  Source: m.cubs.mlb.com

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• I get paid to play football, not to sit on the bench, I don't enjoy that. Over the years loads of players have been very happy to do that and pick up their money. That used to really wind me up.

  Kevin Kilbane

  Football, Player, Wind

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• The book on my nightstand right now isnt anything that inspired me, but it entertained me. I read a book on Labor Day, it was a holiday, and I have three daughters, and we all went to the shopping mall and I sat on the bench and read a book while they shopped, it was called The Greatest Golfer there Ever Was, it was a great book, easy to read and entertaining.

  Max Lucado

  Daughter, Book, Holiday

  Source: www.crosswalk.com

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• I want to appoint Supreme Court justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience, who have not just been in a big law firm and maybe clerked for a judge and then gotten on the bench, but, you know, maybe they tried some more cases, they actually understand what people are up against.

  Hillary Clinton

  Real, Law, Justice

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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• When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Ambition, School, Law

  "Ruth Bader Ginsburg on becoming ‘Notorious’". "NewsHour Bookshelf" with Gwen Ifill, www.pbs.org. October 10, 2016.

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• It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Honesty, Government, People

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• The last year I was playing, I asked the stick boy to get me a Diet Coke and he said, "Really?" But I always had one on the bench because that's what I did in 1979 when there wasn't Gatorade. If you needed energy you went and got a Snickers or a Kit Kat. Nobody knew any better.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Boys, Years, Energy

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• I hope I'm not sitting on a bench in a retirement home talking about what was: "Oh, I worked with this guy and that guy." I hope I'm still doing it for a really long time.

  David Krumholtz

  Retirement, Home, Talking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks - Brendan Shanahan on trying to score against Curtis Joseph. I'm hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick.

  Ron Tugnutt

  Hockey, Thinking, Nhl

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• Wayne came over to the bench one day after seeing (Zdeno) Chara, and said 'That's why I'm quitting.'

  John Muckler

  Hockey, One Day, Quitting

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• The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Stars, Team

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• The bench press per se is not a risky exercise. When done right, it can help improve upper body strength and size. It's only when form takes a back seat to numbers and when it's grossly overtrained that problems result. Injuries occur in the shoulders and elbows when the bench press is overtrained, poor technique is used, such as rebounding the bar off the chest and bridging, no other exercises for the upper body are included in the program, and there are no core exercises done for the upper back. Quite often, it's a combination all these factors.

  Bill Starr

  Workout, Exercise, Bad Ass

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• Ladies who were no better than they should be, whose dresses were too tight, too bright and too all the things Magnus liked most, lounged on velvet-covered benches along the walls.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Dresses, Velvet

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2015). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.154, Simon and Schuster

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• I was really short in high school. I was stuck on the bench in the baseball team, so I just thought I'd try out theater, and that was the last time I did sports.

  Casey Affleck

  Sports, Baseball, Team

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• He's an American, qualified to play for Wales because he has a Welsh grandmother, who was on the bench against Switzerland.

  Guy Mowbray

  Football, Grandmother, Play

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