"The best thing you can do in the whole world is to play baseball. That's a lucky job... The passion for baseball is always going to be there."

-- Cal Ripken, Jr.

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“It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person that I am able to be when I am painting. Tonight the wind is howling and the barrels are full of sky water.”
“A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.”
“The advantage of being celibate is that when one sees a pretty girl one does not need to grieve over having an ugly one back home.”
“Iâ€™ve often wished that I had some suave and socially acceptable hobby that I could fall back on in times like this. You know, play the violin (or was it the viola) like Sherlock Holmes, or maybe twiddle away on the pipe organ like the Disney version of Captain Nemo. But I donâ€™t. Iâ€™m sort of the arcane equivalent of a classic computer geek. I do magic, in one form or another, and thatâ€™s pretty much it. I really need to get a life, one of these days”
“The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time.”
“When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.”

Source : Brenda Ueland (1993). “Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings”, Holy Cow Press
“The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.”
“Although you feel relief now, this is likely to be the source of many sleepless nights for you. You will lie awake, look upon your heart, and find it unlovely. You will be certain that (...) you are the greatest of monsters. This is a good thing; although you may forgive yourself, you must never come to think that your actions were in any way justifiable. But- (...) Being a sane, honorable human being is not always comfortable.”

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