"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

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Source : "I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson". Book by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett, 1972.

Jackie Robinson

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“The two biggest things that translate from a pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or out on the water as well.”
“Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.”
“I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about.”
“I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.”
“I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.”
“Anyone whoâ€™s ever put a stamp on an envelope or a note on their refrigerator knows what itâ€™s like to make a collage. Thereâ€™s no esoteric technique.”
“It ought to be quite as natural and straightforward a matter for a labourer to take his pension from his parish, because he has deserved well of his parish, as for a man in higher rank to take his pension from his country, because he has deserved well of his country.”
“I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.”

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