"People look at black pride in America and sport's impact on it. In the major cities it took off the first time Jackie Robinson stole home. In the deep South, it started with Eddie Robinson, who took a small college in northern Louisiana with little or no funds and sent the first black to the pros and made everyone look at him and Grambling."

-- Jerry Izenberg

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“CO2 is a minor player in the total system, and human CO2 emissions are insignificant compared to total natural greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, lowering human CO2 emissions will have no measurable effect on climate, and continued CO2 emissions will have little or no effect on future temperature....While controlling CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels may have some beneficial effects on air quality, it will have no measurable effect on climate, but great detrimental effects on the economy and our standard of living.”
“It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the U.S., quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.”
“Kuh-laire, Is cam a fattening Girl Scout Cookie layered with peanut butter and a chocolate coating? No. Then dont make him a tagalong!”
“When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.”
“I have always loved trouser suits. It's something I absolutely believe in for women.”
“The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me”
“All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.”
“The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.”

Source : "Lasers Slow Atom for Scrutiny". The New York Times, July 13, 1986.

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