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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."

"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."

"There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player."

"Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish."

"Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying."

"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."

"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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"If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged."

"Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect."

"When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed."

"We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat."

"Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive."
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