"One has to bear in mind that during my childhood and adolescence, I suffered the repression of the Somoza dictatorship in every way: economically, socially, as well as at the hands of the police -- because if we went out on the street to play baseball, for example, the police would come and beat us up and put us in prison."

-- Daniel Ortega

#Baseball Quotes #Hands Quotes #Play Quotes

“When his brain died, all of the memories held in his gray matter, along with all of the knowledge he had acquired, would simply evaporate in a flood of chemical reactions.”
“When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.”
“I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness.”
“Such a deep silence surrounds me, that I think I hear moonbeams striking on the windows.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

Source : "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.
“Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“We forgave, followed and accepted because we liked the way he looked. And he had a pretty wife. Camelot was fun, even for the peasants, as long as it was televised to their huts.”

Source : Joe McGinniss (1969). “The Selling of the President 1968”
“I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.”

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