"Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at you. There are a lot of things wrong with a lot of industries....baseball is one of them."

-- Curt Flood

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“We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates.”

Source : "'Things Could Get Pretty Messy'". Interview with Steve Moore, www.wsj.com. October 2, 2010.
“Iâ€™ll be quite frank with you â€” I didnâ€™t know about Hunger Games â€” so when Iâ€™m telling kids and they say, â€˜Who are you playing?â€™ and I say Cinna, they go, â€˜Oh youâ€™re playing the gay guy.â€™ That was an actual answer. Iâ€™ve never brought that up yet. Thatâ€™s how they perceived it. So I thought about it, and I read the book and I donâ€™t see that he is or isnâ€™t [gay]. Heâ€™s a designer, heâ€™s a stylist, he has gold eyelinerâ€”that doesnâ€™t mean anything either way.”
“In modern day evangelism, this precious doctrine [of regeneration] has been reduced to nothing more than a human decision to raise one's hand, walk an aisle, or pray a 'sinner's prayer.' As a result, the majority of Americans believe that they've been 'born again' even though their thoughts, words, and deeds are a continual contradiction to the nature and will of God.”
“Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.”
“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.”
“It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.”
“I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.”

Source : John Buchan (2017). “Prester John”, p.114, BookRix
“You could drop me off in the middle of a sea of people, and I'm happy.”

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