"I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“Have the courage to face the truth”
“When you review the Central American wars or other Latin American wars, you find that there were dictators and there were insurgents.”
“Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it to illuminate our cities, guide our airlines through the night skies and take the most accurate measurements. What strange rationale makes some physicists accept the inconceivable electrons as real while refusing to accept the reality of a Designer on the ground that they cannot conceive Him?”

Source : Letter to California State board of Education, September 14, 1972.
“Every era of coaches has their own set of problems and challenges. Today's player is different, but some things about them are better than they were in the past. I don't think coaching today's players is any tougher. I think we're a little too hard on the current day player because he's different.”

Source : "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“The burden of living oneâ€™s own life is experiencing sensations that no one else can share.”
“Banish the onion from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it.”
“Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.”
“There is always safety in valor.”

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