"The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork."

-- Bill James

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“I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons.”
“The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind.”

Source : George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.13036, Delphi Classics
“Our true character comes out in the way we pray.”
“After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.”
“Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.”
“A short reign does not spare the masses.”
“I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much.”
“We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.”

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