"Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Branch Rickey

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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities.”
“I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.”
“Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.”

Source : James Buchanan (2000). “Mr. Buchanan's Administration: On the Eve of the Rebellion”, p.296, Digital Scanning Inc
“I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.”
“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
“I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was meâ€”projecting to the public. That was my job. I think I always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give â€˜em what they never knew they wanted.”
“Time is found in the calibration of the individual to the timing of a collective endeavour, the social grace that less clock-bound societies must practise.”

Source : "The 'leap second' is a timely reminder" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.
“Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a fundamental requirement of all artistic creativity that every student undergo a thorough training in the workshops of all branches of the crafts.”

Source : "Paul Klee, 1879-1940: Poet of Colours, Masters of Lines". Book by Paul Klee and Susanna Partsch, p. 47, 2000.

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