"Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player."

-- Bill Klem

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“When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.”

Source : Thomas Szasz (2017). “Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary”, p.260, Routledge
“You follow a passion, a dream, a belief, a vision, and before you know it, you are an entrepreneur. Once though, when you start to understand what this means, and what the possibilities are, the accidents then stop, and you become a forever obsessed entrepreneur that doesn't rest, and never stops trying to push the envelope.”
“So whom does God wrong in commanding the destruction of the Canaanites? Not the Canaanite adults, for they were corrupt and deserving of judgment. Not the children, for they inherit eternal life. So who is wronged? Ironically, I think the most difficult part of this whole debate is the apparent wrong done to the Israeli soldiers themselves. Can you imagine what it would be like to have to break into some house and kill a terrified woman and her children? The brutalising effect on these Israeli soldiers is disturbing.”
“In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.”
“All nights end, and all storms clear. The only storms that last are those within your own soul.”

Source : Christie Golden (2014). “World of Warcraft: War Crimes”, p.107, Simon and Schuster
“I think that all the years of exposure to amps and electricity has altered my body chemistry.”
“So many doors forever. There were never enough. Each door had several locks. One lock was combination. Another required keys. Another was a simple side latch. Another was strictly ornamental. Another you could open by whispering the right thing to it at the right time, which is the type of lock most humans have.”
“The determination to win is the better part of winning.”

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