Whether you’re playing in
Whether you’re playing in the minor leagues or major-league divisions, wherever you are, it’s always nice to be recognized as an All-Star. Gaby Sanchez
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ROTC programs at Ivy
ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country. Evan Wright
When you’re a first-round
When you’re a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there’s almost a sense that you’ve got to mature. Evan Longoria
Detroit is still seen
Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, … The tough city thing is fine. Its always had a reputation as that. … You know, Gordie Howe, when I was watching hockey, was the toughest guy in the league playing for the Red Wings. He represented … Read more
On the Russian revolutionaries:To
On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having children, to lose your fortune, and to give up your civil honor, all for revolutionary conviction, makes for a league of more practical proof than any religious order. Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
I read library books
I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle. From the minute I reached our house, I started to read. Every book I seized on, from “Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-a-While” to “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” stood for the … Read more
Everybody in the minor
Everybody in the minor leagues – if you’re a player, an announcer, whatever – wants to be in the big leagues. Ernie Harwell
Last year I gave
Last year I gave seventy-four phone hours to soliciting baked goods for the Bake-A-Rama. I was named Top Call Girl by the League. Erma Bombeck
Who in their infinite
Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. Erma Bombeck
Unity and self-sacrifice, of
Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind. Eric Hoffer