"Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight."

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Source : Frank Deford (1976). “The Owner”, Viking Adult

Frank Deford

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“One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.”
“Any housing solution that involves paying for industrially produced building materials and commercial building contractors is doomed to certain failure. If houses are to be built at all, in sufficient quantity, they must be built without money. We must go right outside the framework of the money system, bypass the factories, and ignore the contractors.”
“I gained in experience with every plane shot down, and now was able to fire in a calm, deliberate manner. Each attack was made in a precise manner. Distance and deflection were carefully judged before firing. This is not something that comes by accident; only by experience can a pilot overcome feelings of panic. A thousand missions could be flown and be of no use if the pilot has not exchanged fire with the enemy.”

Source : John Trevor Godfrey (1958). “The look of eagles”
“I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where black people were looking down, not looking white folks in the face, not being able to compete for a job out there and not be a whole person.”
“I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time.”
“When it comes to making commitments to other people, sometimes one of the hardest things to learn to say is no when we mean no.”

Source : Rory Vaden (2012). “Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success”, p.83, Penguin
“Youâ€™re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. Youâ€™re alone, so you think itâ€™s a vast, magnificent panorama. You havenâ€™t sounded the depths. You simply believe in the beauty of Godâ€™s creation. But I have spent all this time in the water, diving deep into the howling ocean of life, deeper than anyone. While you were admiring the surface, I saw the shipwrecks, the drowned bodies, the monsters of the deep”
“And when you can't do nothing else - pray.”

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