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Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our national pastime, our… — John Thorn
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor at Yale, and… — David Halberstam
My interest in science was excited at age nine by an article on astronomy in National Geographic; the author was Donald Menzel of the Harvard… — Unknown Author
The evidence at present available points strongly to the conclusion that the spirals are individual galaxies, or island universes, comparable with our own galaxy in… — Heber Doust Curtis
America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the… — C. Wright Mills
The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it is familiar: hence the taste… — William Buckland
This attempt to ban smoking is an example of social engineering on a vast scale. Such massive intervention in the private lives and choices of… — Unknown Author
I DON'T smoke anymore, except on National No Smoking Day as a protest against those who want to control our lives. — Unknown Author
I have six sisters and two beautiful daughters - that's eight women who mean the world to me. I support the Entertainment Industry Foundation and… — Felicity Huffman
It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I… — Meg Tilly
Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. ... And… — William Shatner
Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: Russia is an… — Vladimir Putin
Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic front. I would… — Vladimir Putin
I believe that the Europeans, first and foremost, the Germans, will also understand me. Let me remind you that in the course of political consultations… — Vladimir Putin
According to the National Crime Survey administered by the Bureau of the Census and the National Institute of Justice, it was found that only 12… — Gary Kleck
During waves of terror attacks, Israel's national police chief will call on all concealed-handgun permit holders to make sure they carry firearms at all times,… — John R. Lott Jr.
If we can effectively kill the national pride and patriotism of just one generation, we will have won that country. Therefore, there must be continued… — Vladimir Lenin
The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms for… — Don Kates
I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics. I am not like politicians… — Unknown Author
We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national… — John Ashcroft
We want a national emissions trading scheme, the Government does not and has rejected one for years. We want to boost the mandatory renewable energies… — Kevin Rudd
The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture, at book learning, which is… — George William Curtis
Fifty percent of the women in this country are not having orgasms. If that were true of the male population, it would be declared a… — Margo St. James
And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday. — Tony Dungy
Two years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim as a vital part of Israel's national security and now… — Zuheir Mohsen

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