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Even the revolutionary writer will err if he fails to grasp the enormous effectiveness of occasional understatement.

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Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

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Life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant.

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I do not see a necessary connection between proletarian literature and some set percentage of words which bring the blushes to a maiden's cheek.

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Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.

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The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.

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A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.

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'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

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I do know that whenever a player hits the ball out of the park, I have a sense of elation. I feel as if I had done it.

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Perhaps the most startling reversal of tradition came in the case of Lefty Grove. He shattered the cruel slanders which have always followed lefthanders.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: December 7th, 1888

Died: December 18th, 1939

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