"Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one who knows the sport, has a genuine passion for the game, respects the viewers' intelligence, knows when to talk and when to keep quiet, can make you laugh and is not afraid to call a spade a spade."

-- Dave McPherson

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“The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his mind in thinking.”

Source : "The Pentateuch and Haftorahs" by Joseph H. Hertz, pp. 78-79, (One-volume edition), 1937.
“I'm curious about everything--even things that don't interest me.”
“I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.”
“Everyone who comes within the reach of your knowledge is, as it were, on trial in your mind. It is easy to be an unjust, ignorant, and even a merciless judge. The real character of the actions of others depends in great measure on the motives that prompt them, and these motives are unknown to you.”

Source : Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.52, Sophia Institute Press
“It was not my class of people. There was not a producer, a press agent, a director, an actor.”
“If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have learned in the remainder of the game.”
“"Do not believe anything merely because you are told it is so, because others believe it, because it comes from Tradition, or because you have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect. Believe, take for your doctrine, and hold true to that, which, after serious investigation, seems to you to further the welfare of all beings."”
“When I was young, I couldnt imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they werent out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.”

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