"Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it."

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Source : Curt Flood, Richard Carter (1971). “The way it is”, Trident Press (WA)

Curt Flood

#Baseball Quotes #Rebellion Quotes #Relevant Quotes

“Become intensely conscious of the present moment.”
“You're headed in the right direction when you realize the customer viewpoint is more important than the company viewpoint. It's more productive to learn from your customers instead of about them.”
“Having seen and felt the end, you have willed the means to the realization of the end.”
“My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When you're a young woman, I think you want to please a lot, so maybe you accept more of the criticism than you would as an older person. But criticism can be very wounding. It certainly was to me.”
“Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.”
“It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.”
“I've had this problem since I was in my 20s. They don't call it manic depression anymore. They call it a bipolar disorder, and I'm a Type 2?”
“The chamber music repertoire is so vast that if one is genuinely curious about music, the art of listening, understanding and responding to a score, the elementary skills and requirements of chamber works are easily applicable to that of any solo playing.”

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