"There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons,……" — Jane Leavy
"There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too. But mostly, he made me brave."
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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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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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Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor…
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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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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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