"Baseball is a game dominated by vital ghosts; it's a fraternity, like no other we have of the active and the no longer so, the living and the dead."

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Richard Gilman

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“I think the trick with knowledge is to â€œacquire it, and forget all except the perfumeâ€ - because it is noisy and sometimes drowns out one's own â€œbrain voicesâ€. The perfume part is important because it will help find the knowledge again to help get to the destinations the inner urges pick.”
“Never attack a problem without also presenting a solution.”
“Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I am attracted to mean personalities.”
“I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy. ... Singing is an acting role within itself...I've gone through a lot of trial and error to find what works and what doesn't. With that comes an understanding of how to offer the same opportunities to other artists. ... In my opinion the world is in need of real soul music. ... I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace. ... I'm a younger Morgan Freeman. ... I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.”
“I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.”
“I think that in the minds of many, the press is being seen less and less as a neutral observer in the impeachment enterprise and more and more as participants, or even collaborators. On Media's Participation In Watergate”
“You can't get old without living.”

Source : "Jim Brown: What I've Learned". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. August 2, 2008.
“To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving.”

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