"When my father realized he was going blind,…" — Jane Leavy

"When my father realized he was going blind, he took up golf."

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16 Quotes by Jane Leavy

Jane Leavy has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

In the glory days of Orioles, when I was a newbie baseball writer for the Post, the roster of talkers…
There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too.…
In 1927, my father descended the heights and took his place as the newly appointed water boy for his beloved…
On winter Sundays when I was a child, we waited for my father to return from his tennis game with…
He really loved baseball and loved being on the field. But Mantle was lonely in a lot of ways. He…
Indianapolis proved to be the perfect Super Bowl city, accommodating in the truest sense of the word.
Naming is a privilege of reason and the province of bullies. We name to tame and to maim; to honor…
Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is:…
Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb.…
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak…
Trauma fractures comprehension as a pebble shatters a windshield. The wound at the site of impact spreads across the field…
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 Blind Quotes

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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He… — Teresa of Avila
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is… — Francis Bacon
In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because… — Gerry Adams
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind… — John Adams
Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with… — Martha Beck
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of… — Theodor Adorno
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in… — Josh Billings
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind… — Cate Blanchett
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is… — Andrea Bocelli
The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than… — Andrea Bocelli
The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking. — Christina Aguilera

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