"A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin."

-- Branch Rickey

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“I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.”
“We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do.”
“To get the best results you must talk to your vegetables.”
“The most beautiful sight in football is too watch Manchester United chase a game.”
“The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.”
“Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers.”
“How could the USA champion individual freedom in the world generally while denying it to an important minority in its own country.”

Source : "Civil Rights in the USA, 1863-1980". Book by David Paterson, Susan Willoughby, Doug Willoughby, 2001.
“Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.”

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