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“I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.”
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“But this is the point I want to make: When you talk about ***** and you talk about what it means to the game, the three greatest home run hitters of all time-Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays, right? When they were 39 years old, how many home runs do you think they averaged? The three greatest home run hitters of all time averaged 18 home runs at age 39. Now, how many home runs did Barry Bonds hit when he was 39? He hit 73!”
Source : "Carlton Fisk: Mark McGwire’s Claims That Steroids Didn’t Affect Home Runs ‘A Crock", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2010.
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“There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How strange that so few of us try a course of the same medicine!”
Source : John Frederick Boyes (1859). “Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading”, p.3
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“I really have always wanted to be a parent, and when I hit 36 and had just ended a relationship, I remember thinking how much I still wanted it. But I thought I'd adopt.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.”
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“No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.”
Source : Norman Lamm (2006). “Faith and Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought”, p.122, KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
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“The graphics elevator lurched upwards again. This time the new dimension is multimedia, which means adding sound and fury to the smoke and mirrors.”
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“The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.”