"Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field."

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Source : Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 17 Apr. 1989

A. Bartlett Giamatti

#Baseball Quotes #Believe Quotes #Law Quotes

“You have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect...and so are you!”
“My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.”
“I know from my own personal experience. I was bullied in middle school and high school and went through my fair share of hard times thereafter. Also, one of my really good friends committed suicide when I was in high school.”
“I'm actually working on with Autism Speaks. Since my brother's 18, I wanted to work on a program for these older kids. A lot of the schools' special education programs end when the kids are 21, like my brother's school. What is next for these kids? I want him to be constantly active, and not just sitting at home. I want him to be constantly growing and it would be amazing if the funds could go to something like jobs for these kids, or a home where they can be together.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before.”
“At my house I have a full-size time machine that Iâ€™ve built over a couple of years... I love looking at peopleâ€™s faces when they walk into my office. Theyâ€™re literally astounded.”

Source : "Brains, Blood, and BBQ: Welcome to Greg Nicotero’s Zombie School". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. March 2014.
“Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.”

Source : 'The Traveller' (1764) l. 386
“To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.”

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