"Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me."

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Source : Leo Durocher, Ed Linn (2009). “Nice Guys Finish Last”, p.363, University of Chicago Press

Leo Durocher

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“I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.”
“I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in mechanism designed to cultivate empathy and compassion.”

Source : FaceBook post by Eric Whitacre from Nov 20, 2012
“The work that I do, I am grateful to do and honored and privileged to do, but I do it for my family and, if you don't have a family, then what does it mean?”
“It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.”
“Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game”
“The best part about performing is when you can fill the room with energy and you get that vibe back.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“We have learned that beneath the surface of an ordinary everyday normal casual conscious existence there lies a vast dynamic world of impulse and dream, a hinterland of energy which has an independent existence of its own and laws of its own: laws which motivate all our thoughts and our actions.”

Source : Robert Edmond Jones (2004). “The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue”, p.1, Routledge
“Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on a good grasp of science. The ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, questions of diet and heredity. All require scientific literacy. Can Americans choose the proper leaders and support the proper programs if they themselves are scientifically illiterate? The whole premise of democracy is that it is safe to leave important questions to the court of public opinion-but is it safe to leave them to the court of public ignorance?”

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