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  • C. S. Lewis Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life. But of course, like autumn, it doesn't last.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Horace Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Sydney Smith Avoid shame but do not seek glory - nothing so expensive as glory.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Eric Berne Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.
    Games People Play
    Eric Berne
    Canadian-born psychiatrist (1910 - 1970)
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  • George Canning Away with the cant of ''Measures, not men!'' - the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No, Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing.
    George Canning
    British statesman (1770 - 1827)
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  • Bob Keeshan Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • B. B. King Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep... Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Elmore Leonard Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.
    Elmore Leonard
    American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (1925 - 2013)
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  • George Jean Nathan Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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  • George Jean Nathan Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Billy Evans Ball teams do not always run true to form in a short series. In a season's campaign, class will tell; the best team will invariably win, unless disaster overtakes it. In a short series, some freak situation, same unusual play, may prove to be the turning point.
    Billy Evans
    American umpire in Major League Baseball (1884 - )
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  • John Updike Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Bill Kristol Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single democratic primary. I'll predict that right now.
    Fox News Sunday, December 17, 2006 [2]
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • Bob Greene Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television.
    Bob Greene
    American journalist and author (1947 - )
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  • Bill Buckner Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.
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  • Bryce Harper Baseball players have such a bad rap of, like, 'We don't work out or we're not strong or this or that.' Guys work so hard in baseball, it's incredible. But people don't know that.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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  • Bette Davis Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Bill Walton Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • John Berryman Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.
    John Berryman
    American poet and scholar (1914 - 1972)
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