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"I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing."
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"Trying to educate the dumb with a dumb teacher is nothing but washing the dirty clothes in a dirty water!"
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"I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever."
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"All that is necessary for a student is access to a library."
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"Always educate yourself regardless of how old you are."
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"Math is a hard subject.... - no silence from you and skipping this and going to the next quote, didn't you done this?"
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"People should train their brain by watching films, by listening music, by playing games, by reading quotes. If people do this, I can said from this a big percent from here you can become clever."
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"Even the names of the books gave me food for thought."
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"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
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"Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know."
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"Knowledge without education is but armed injustice."
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"I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park."
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"When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it."
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"When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was."
Sports
"Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me."
Life
"I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play."
Baseball
"I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing."
Education
"Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson."
Time
"Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was."
Baseball
"I was very blessed with a good body. Never got hurt. Never was in the hospital. The only time I was in the hospital was when I would get exhausted a little bit, and go in for a check-up or something."
Time
"I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days."
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