"Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound."

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Source : "Unwritten rules violations". Interview with Jerry Crasnick, www.espn.com. May 5, 2010.

Goose Gossage

“I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff.”
“Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.”

Source : Clare Vanderpool (2010). “Moon Over Manifest”, p.74, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving.”
“You say I have the most wicked face of any woman. You say my hair is like the serpent locks of Medusa, that my eyes have the cruel cunning of Borgia, that my mouth is the mouth of the sinister scheming Delilah, that my hands are like the talons of a Circe or the blood-bathing Elizabeth Bathory. And then you ask me of my soulâ€”you wish to know if it is reflected in my face.”
“Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run.”
“The most important part of vegetarianism is the real shift in consciousness that takes place. There is a true correlation between our food choices and violence in the world. The only person who would disagree with that is a meat-eater”
“I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.”
“I guess travelling that kind of long distance and travelling at such a slow pace, it wasn't something that I was thinking about when I was inside of the cistern, but when I started hearing the music played back to me for the first time by an ensemble, it totally brought me back, immediately, to memories of sailing. And it really became apparent that this was some sort of a through line in my life that I was excited to explore more.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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