"It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well."

-- Sarah Josepha Hale

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“Trying to sneak a fastball by Ted Williams was like trying to sneak a sunbeam by a rooster in the morning,”

Source : "Bob Feller, Whose Fastball Dazzled, Dies at 92" by Richard Goldstein, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 2010.
“It is not a matter of life and death. It is not that important. But it is a reflection of life, and so the game is an enigma wrapped in a mystery impaled on a conundrum.”
“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

Source : "Dick Clark, famed New Year's host and 'America's oldest teenager', dies at 82" by Brian Braiker, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2012.
“We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is the one sure way of avoiding talking nonsense...”

Source : Hermann Bondi (1980). “Relativity and Common Sense: A New Approach to Einstein”, p.65, Courier Corporation
“A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but the rewards are substantial. I highly recommend wives. Especially one's own.”
“He sees himself in his lover as if in a mirror, not knowing whom he sees, And when they are together, he too is released from pain, and when apart, he longs as he himself is longed for; for reflected in his heart is love's image, which is love's answer. But he calls it, and believes it, not love but friendship...”

Source : "Phaedrus". Translated by Mary Renault in "The Charioteer", p. 104, 1953.
“We are great sinners; Jesus is a greater Savior!”
“Life doesn't actually knock you down. It does, however, provide you with many opportunities to evaluate your standing in life: what you stand on, what you stand for, how you stand within yourself and for yourself.”

Source : FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 16, 2016

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