"One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ***** sliding into second."

-- Satchel Paige

#Past Quotes #Ears Quotes #Bells Quotes

“I've been through so many different political races.”
“In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in sentences that end before finishing. We sleep heavily because we need to ask so many questions as we dream alone. We bump into others and feel bashful at recognizing souls so similar to ourselves.”
“Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.”
“Very often, the way love is defined, it does violence to both people. It almost makes them a slave to the other. For example, if to be in love, or to be married, it means that I'm responsible for the other person's happiness, now we get into this guilt game, where if they're upset, I'm at fault. Soon, that makes the person we are closest to about as much fun to be around as a prolonged dental appointment.”
“There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God.”
“Pastoralia by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. Its one of the weirdest books Ive ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas Pynchon had a love child, and it was raised by Frank Zappa on a weird commune, that would be this book.”
“There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct.”
“I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the really exciting things possible during the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap.”

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