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title: "1 Want Pitch Quotes By David James Duncan"
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> [“He said there are two ways for a hitter to get the pitch he wants. The simplest way is not to want any pitch in particular. But the best way, he said -- which sounds almost the same, but is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/he-said-there-are-two-ways-for-a-hitter-to-get-the-pitch-he-wants-the/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/david-james-duncan-8032_anticipation_he-said-there-are-two-ways-for-a-hitter_2728258.jpg)

## More by David James Duncan

> [“Because I wasn’t anything anymore. Not anythingI love or know or care about. Because thou shalt not kill, Kade. Thou shalt not kill. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/because-i-wasn-t-anything-anymore-not-anythingi-love-or-know-or-care/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew each Sabbath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/our-lack-of-community-is-intensely-painful-a-tv-talk-show-is-not/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“It was so good to see him in there, yet so funny to find him so much like me, and so tiny. "Nice kingdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/it-was-so-good-to-see-him-in-there-yet-so-funny-to-find-him-so-much/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“Bobby Edson, like most coaches, was a kind of mystic: he believed the cosmos was endowed with an ineffable muffling system that rendered all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/bobby-edson-like-most-coaches-was-a-kind-of-mystic-he-believed-the/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [--I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my hands. But all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/i-truly-and-deeply-wanted-to-kill-him-and-i-believe-i-could-have-done/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“Papa was no longer fixing a carburetor: he was setting up a greasy little Cuban missile base smack-dab in the middle of Mama’s immaculate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/papa-was-no-longer-fixing-a-carburetor-he-was-setting-up-a-greasy/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“The Austrian writer Robert Musil summed up the Fanatic's great rhetorical advantage in just ten words: There is no truth which stupidity can't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/the-austrian-writer-robert-musil-summed-up-the-fanatic-s-great/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“Is the work of sun worshippers to honor those who think they can see the sun? Or to worship the sun?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/is-the-work-of-sun-worshippers-to-honor-those-who-think-they-can-see/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“Peter didn’t want to change the world: he wanted to fully comprehend it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/peter-didn-t-want-to-change-the-world-he-wanted-to-fully-comprehend-it/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“It is a rare high school teacher who enjoys seeing their world being enormously improved upon by youths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/it-is-a-rare-high-school-teacher-who-enjoys-seeing-their-world-being/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/the-principles-that-will-save-earth-s-life-are-the-same-principles/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“I’m just saying that his card-burning would have meant far more, on the day he did it, if he hadn’t already incinerated his life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/i-m-just-saying-that-his-card-burning-would-have-meant-far-more-on/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“I gave him everything from my lunches I hate, which is called Charity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/i-gave-him-everything-from-my-lunches-i-hate-which-is-called-charity/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [“If we can’t be ballplayers together, maybe I can start bein’ a Buddhist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/if-we-can-t-be-ballplayers-together-maybe-i-can-start-bein-a-buddhist/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

> [As a lifelong student of the world’s wisdom literature, it is my duty to inform students that “ridding the world of evil” is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james-duncan/as-a-lifelong-student-of-the-world-s-wisdom-literature-it-is-my-duty/)

[David James Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james-duncan/)

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