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Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" » English to Simple English

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- "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous."

- "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

- "You can observe a lot just by watchin'."

- "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

- "I can't concentrate when I'm thinking."

- "The future ain't what it used to be."

- "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

- "We're lost, but we're making good time."

- "Half the lies they tell about me aren't true."

- "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

- "It's like deja-vu, all over again."

- "It ain't over till it's over."

- Mrs. Lindsay: "You certainly look cool." Yogi Berra: "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."

- "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."

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- I would help you by complementing your shortages.

- When you have to choose an option out of two, do not hesitate, choose the one you think is good.

- You can discover a lot of things if you see it carefully.

- Do not always follow the crowd. Find your own way.

- I can not concentrate on something else when I am focusing on another thing.

- The future does not appear to be what I thought I would be.

- I am not going to force my kids too hard studying. I will let them walk through it normally like I did.

- We might make a wrong decision, but at least we learn something from it.

- They tell something not true about me half of the time.

- Something can once be precious. But when the time has passed, it does not worth that much anymore.

- It is like I am going through the same thing, again.

- It is not over yet, until we put our effort to the end.

- Someone praise you, and you praise them back. "You don't look so hot yourself" means positive in that it means you are not that "hot" that you are too arrogant to communicate with and praise others.

- The world is not perfect, proven by the so many bad things and problems people have to face.
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