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“I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.”
Source : Tug McGraw, Don Yaeger (2005). “Ya Gotta Believe!: My Roller-Coaster Life as a Screwball Pitcher and Part-Time Father, and My Hope-Filled Fight Against Brain Cancer”, Signet
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“By remaining exactly the same today as you were yesterday, you are guaranteeing that tomorrow will be no better than today.”
Source : Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2009). “Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money”, p.105, John Wiley & Sons
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“My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous.”
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“The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.”
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“Realism has to be such high quality, you can't fake it. It's all hanging out there like the laundry.”
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“When ghettos become the mainstream of society, islands of individuality cannot help but harbor an elite.”
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“Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.”
Source : Wilkie Collins (1874). “The Moonstone: A Novel”, p.179
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“There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.”