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“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. 
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“If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating.”
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“I'm not going to miss 95% of life to weigh 5% less.”
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“In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.”
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“Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.”
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“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.”
Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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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.”
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“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?”
