"But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?"

-- Amelia Barr

“Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it.”

Source : "Giants' pioneer urges outreach to black youths". Interview with John Shea, www.sfgate.com. April 18, 2010.
“If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating.”
“I'm not going to miss 95% of life to weigh 5% less.”
“In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.”
“Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.”
“In fact, because I am very time conscious and want to make the most of every moment, I make it a practice to remove my watch before I light the candles as if to suggest that for this brief period, my life must transcend time.”

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“If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.”
“And yet, just for a moment, what almost frightening power had sounded in that cry from only a few hundred throats! Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?”

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