"Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well."

-- Ma Jian

#Mind Quotes #Flesh Quotes #Want Quotes

“I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy and light”

Source : Horatius Bonar (1864). “Hymns of Faith and Hope: Second Series”, p.113
“I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as much as I did without falling off of your chair.”
“There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.”
“It (the slider) just rolls off of your index finger and begins it's spin which will take it down and across the plate (hopefully). Just remember not to twist your elbow or wrist. It should be thrown, with the wrist and grip set, just like your fastball, slightly off center - with the same velocity and intensity.”
“In your career you have a lot of good moments and bad ones. The important thing is to have enough motivation to keep working all the days with humility and trying to be a better player than before. I am going to try to continue doing this.”
“I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and I hate Michigan.”
“People often believed they were safer in the light, thinking monsters only came out at night.”
“With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.”

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