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CYNTHIA PAYNE It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant... DAVID SIMON Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. I... CHRISTIAN SIRIANO A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. THOMAS CARLYLE I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it B... CASS ELLIOT I figured I'd have to go to winter ball to prove that I was healthy. When Baltimore called, when the... HOWIE CLARK I've been on a lot of good infields. I played on a good one in Baltimore, ... But this one has the p... RAFAEL PALMEIRO People think it's crazy -- I'm not going to compare him to this guy -- but what I felt with him at t... EARNEST BYNER To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than ... NORMAN GRANZ Stepping is making its emergence in Baltimore County. Several high schools in the county have step t... MARIAN BROMELL Everything in Baltimore -- convention center, hotels, attractions -- is within walking distance of e... NANCY HINDS I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never disco... JOHN WATERS I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory o... TORI AMOS I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was a... SIGRID UNDSET I never actually sought out an agent or a publishing house. A friend of mine named David Simmer got ... JOSH MALERMAN We are very pleased that WBAL will be our flagship station for Navy football games in the Baltimore ... CHET GLADCHUK We're going to do absolutely the best thing we know how to do for the students in Baltimore City. CEO BONNIE COPELAND And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; / And he... BIBLE We have sent our condolences via our chairman (David Morgan), who is with the PCB chairman in Austra... COLIN GIBSON My grandparents live in Cley, and my dad now has the windmill which is a guest house. So I've sp... JAMES BLUNT The best part of shooting 'House of Cards' in Baltimore is eating lots of soft-shell crab. ROBIN WRIGHT Your good defenses are the ones that tackle well. Baltimore, New England ... you don't see them miss... CARL BANKS I was in the heart and soul of Baltimore. I definitely felt a connection to the people. They're ... COMMON To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me f... ALBERT CAMUS York County sees more growth coming up through the Maryland-Baltimore-Washington area. I'd say withi... DAN ROBINSON When I was with the Yankees in 1978, we were playing Baltimore at Yankee Stadium, and the score was ... REGGIE JACKSON It was great because after the interview, he sent me an autographed picture. 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I think one of the funniest ones I got was a priest sent me an e-mail and he... PAUL ENGLISH That one right there is in the concussion category already. He wasn't doing well even at the end of ... LINDY RUFF You look at one game we lost against Baltimore early in the year. We had a missed call at first base... KEN MACHA You might have to go back to Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, that group [of mid-'60s Dodgers], or the gr... MIKE SCIOSCIA We are expanding at the right time. We have invested in the terminal at the Port of Baltimore becaus... ROB ADAMS I was looking at the schedule, bro. New York has seven games left with Baltimore. That's bad news. DAVID ORTIZ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil... BIBLE The Bermuda grass stock has risen. Everyone we talked to in Baltimore loved the grass and had not en... JAY COOPERIDER Everybody has a strong opinion--particularly in Baltimore City--about police officers, and when they... 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