"He knew he was Joe DiMaggio, and he knew what that meant to the country."

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Source : "In America; A Designated Hero" by Bob Herbert, www.nytimes.com. March 10, 1999.

Lefty Gomez

#Baseball Quotes #Country Quotes

“The literature Nobel laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him.A scientist cannot do anything that is not checked and rechecked by scientists of this network before it is accepted.”
“Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.”
“I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.”
“I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.”
“The four BIAs in the area support it. Operational benefits include accessibility and a place for police officers to come and go when they're working. Everyone's clamoring for more police presence.”
“Writing is my primary way of expressing myself.”
“So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.”
“They send their shout to the stars. [Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]”

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