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Monte Irvin has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.
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I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could…
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Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major…
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Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in…
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I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges.…
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I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my…
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I always felt that I had a mission in life. I thought I was born to play sports. Even now, I still…
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My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what…
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I played in three countries. I played in two World Series. But I never found anything to match the joy and the…
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You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could…
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I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.
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Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar…
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I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of…
— George H. W. Bush
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My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers.
— Emile M. Cioran
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I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these…
— Nadia Comaneci
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God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed…
— John Henry Newman
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I was born into no true class and it was my decision early in life to insinuate myself into the middle class…
— John Cheever
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I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind…
— Marian Anderson
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I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Every morning during meditation, I prepare myself for the whole day's struggle. Holy Communion assures me that I will win the victory;…
— Mary Faustina Kowalska
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Faith-based organizations also need a guarantee they will not be forced to give up their right to hire people of their own…
— George W. Bush
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When I, or people like me, are running the country, you'd better flee, because we will find you, we will try you,…
— Randall Terry
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God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has not committed…
— John Henry Newman
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Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with…
— Ruth Bernhard
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