"Any time I've taken the mound, it's always been the old Samson-and-Goliath story written about me."

-- Randy Johnson

#Taken Quotes #Stories Quotes #Samson Quotes

“My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage.”

Source : Peter Paul Rubens, Toledo Museum of Art (1991). “The Crowning of Saint Catherine: Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640”
“Jane was wearing a charcoal shift dress. The black dipped into a love V accented with a large black chiffon bow. A layer of delicate black lace peeked out from the bottom of her dress. Her long blond hair was pulled back tightly into a straight ironed ponytail. Her makeup was simple: coral blush on her cheeks and gunmetal shadow brushed under her blue eyes.”
“Gandhiji would always offer full details of his plans and movements to the police, thereby saving them a great deal of trouble. One police inspector who availed himself of Gandhi's courtesy in this matter is said to have been severely reprimanded by his chief. 'Don't you know,' he told the inspector, 'that everyone who comes into close contact with that man goes over to his side?'”

Source : Reginald Reynolds (1952). “A Quest for Gandhi”
“I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.”

Source : Isaac Rosenberg (2003). “The selected poems of Isaac Rosenberg”, Spotlight Poets
“Religion is the most inflammatory enemy-labelling device in history.”
“Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children!”
“I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.”
“I don't think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he's more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up the trash, dealing with the school system.”

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