"It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings."

-- Graham Greene

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“The game has never seen a better catcher than YADIER MOLINA.”
“The boats came, and they were only taking a few people at a time, so what happened was they took a boat and said, 'We can have two more children', so the boys went.”
“Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.”
“Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.”
“First of all, Mets fans despise me.”
“Don't make light of any man's pain.”
“I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.”
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."”

Source : What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2

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