"Naming is a privilege of reason and the……" — Jane Leavy
"Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor the great, the dead, and ourselves."
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16 Quotes by Jane Leavy
Jane Leavy has 16 quotes on this site.
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In the glory days of Orioles, when I was a newbie baseball writer for the Post, the roster of talkers…
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There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too.…
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When my father realized he was going blind, he took up golf.
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In 1927, my father descended the heights and took his place as the newly appointed water boy for his beloved…
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On winter Sundays when I was a child, we waited for my father to return from his tennis game with…
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He really loved baseball and loved being on the field. But Mantle was lonely in a lot of ways. He…
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Indianapolis proved to be the perfect Super Bowl city, accommodating in the truest sense of the word.
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Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is:…
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Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb.…
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There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak…
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Trauma fractures comprehension as a pebble shatters a windshield. The wound at the site of impact spreads across the field…
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In Naples, Fla., I met a self-made man, a multimillionaire, whose round penthouse apartment is home to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude…
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More Bullies Quotes
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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion,…
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There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along,…
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The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome…
— Nick Cave
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Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims…
— Anna Maria Chavez
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My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them…
— Margaret Cho
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards…
— Clarence Darrow
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When you're a child, grownups always tell you that "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never…
— Susan Boyle
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Usually the bullies are the most insecure. I was bullied and it's hard, you feel like high schools never going…
— Megan Fox
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You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admire. Also,…
— Zac Efron
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Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak
— Tim Field
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Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little,…
— Tim Field
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There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured…
— Thornton Wilder
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