"Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so many available and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of the game's appeal, as a conversation piece, lies in the opportunity the fan gets to back up opinions and arguments with convincing figures, and it is entirely possible that more American boys have mastered long division by dealing with batting averages than in any other way."

-- Leonard Koppett

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“If you don't have much going wrong in your life, then you don't have much going on in your life.”
“If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.”
“When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.”
“Things that I have a hard time being able to fully grasp, sometimes writing the poem helps me work through it. Or I get to the end of the poem and I still haven't figured anything out, but at least I have a new poem out of it.”
“I miss your love, I miss your touch But I'm feeling you every day. And I can almost hear you say You've come a long way baby...”
“Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2007). “Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism”, Bloomsbury Press
“We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is.”
“Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does.”

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