"It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life."

-- A. J. Liebling

#Opposites Quotes #World Quotes #Pitching Quotes

“Three Mormon scholars have thoroughly researched one of the most shameful events in Mormon history. They have produced a very detailed, insightful and balanced account of the events leading to the Mountain Meadow Massacre of 9/11, 1857.”
“Given the racist and patriarchal patterns of the state, it is difficult to envision the state as the holder of solutions to the problem of violence against women of color. However, as the anti-violence movement has been institutionalized and professionalized, the state plays an increasingly dominant role in how we conceptualize and create strategies to minimize violence against women.”
“I was in college, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, I met this girl named Laura who was the most beautiful girl I had ever known, and she was taking an acting class, so I decided to take the same acting class. And I was a terrible actor in college.”
“I am completely honest and truthful when I say I donâ€™t want a gold for myself. I want a gold for the team. You go up there and do it as a collective group and itâ€™s so much more satisfying, I mean you look around and you see the faces and just wow, this was a team effort and we did this together. Itâ€™s incredible and thatâ€™s my dream. I wanna win a gold medal and see the flag go up, hear the national anthem and just know that I did it with my brothers standing next to me.”
“Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.”
“Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself”
“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
“My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting.”

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