"I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs."

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Roberto Clemente

#Running Quotes #Team Quotes #Home Quotes

“Families are like countries. They have their own language and jokes and secrets and assumptions about the right and wrong ways of doing things, and some of that always shows in the children, the way something of Germany or Australia always shows in a German or an Australian, no matter where they go. Outsiders like it or they don't, they feel at home there or they don't. It's like the taste of cilantro.”

Source : Roland Merullo (2009). “A Little Love Story: A Novel”, p.96, Vintage
“The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we issue. Elected officials have an obligation to maintain that integrity, regardless of whether they voted for the programs that required the borrowing in the first place.”
“Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.”

Source : Jeffrey Sachs (2011). “The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime”, p.9, Penguin UK
“As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail, at dawn of day Are scarce, long leagues apart, descried.”
“If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?”
“It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.”

Source : "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.
“Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.”
“You canâ€™t really change the heart without telling a story.”

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