"I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days"

-- Willie Mays

#Black Quotes #Birmingham Quotes

“Our task is to accept each moment and move on from there, continuing to do our level best.”

Source : John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I have to say, I haven't really worked with that many people in my career that I haven't liked, which I think is really rare.”
“The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.”
“Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did”
“How have you arrived at your thinking? Where do your ideas and knowledge come from, and why do you credit some knowledge and discredit others?”
“We never, ever judge someone on who's going to heaven, hell. That's the Almighty's job,”

Source : "What the Duck?". Interview with Drew Magary, www.gq.com. December 17, 2013.
“You see, the strangeness of my case is that now I no longer fear the invisible, Iâ€™m terrified by reality.”

Source : Jean Lorrain (2002). “Nightmares of an Ether-drinker”
“Ask for the impossible, then settle instead for what you really wanted in the first place.”

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