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Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him. -- Sparky Anderson
Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs. -- Harmon Killebrew
Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can. -- Carlos Beltran
What makes a good leadoff hitter? Deion Sanders had speed, but he wasn't the ideal leadoff hitter. What was his on-base percentage? The criteria shouldn't be speed, it should be getting on base. -- Jack McKeon
I'm not taking votes based on getting re-elected. -- Jaime Herrera Beutler
Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get. -- Frank Carlucci
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We're not handed situations based on our established likes and dislikes; we get what's available. -- Meghan Daum
Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know. -- Elizabeth Warren
Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around. -- Joanne Harris
If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small. -- Larry Brilliant
Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion. -- Sharon Stone
Mutual fund managers want your money in their funds. They get paid based on assets under management. -- Barry Ritholtz
Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. -- Paul Wellstone
I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director. -- Dominic Monaghan
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with. -- Drew Carey
People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors. -- John Sweeney
A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin. -- Charlotte Rampling
I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past. -- Spike Jonze
Research shows that women at that mid level tend to get promoted based on performance, and men tend to get promoted based on potential. -- Beth Brooke
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit. -- Joe
My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick. -- Pat Summerall
I want to get on base every single time I get up there. Whether it's a walk or a base hit, I really don't care how I want to get on base. I just want to be on. -- Bryce Harper
It was always that detail that drove me. Ever since I was a little kid, I used to get into the nitty gritty... when I was drawing army tanks or monsters, I'd do every nut and rivet, and I'd do every scale on the dragon's back. It was just the way I was built. -- Graeme Base
When you've got guys on base, you have to hit. I concentrate on getting it done. -- Miguel Cabrera
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit. -- Joe

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