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I guess I should have written two books of my life, one for the adults and another for the kids.

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Yes, he's a prick, but he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit!

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around six hundred!

Stolen! : A History of Base Stealing (1999)

Don't give up until every base is uphill.

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

After all, there's only one answer to be made to the young fellow who is asking constantly for advice as to how to hit. The answer is: "Pick out a good one and sock it!

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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