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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this...
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this...
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Patriotism is the religion of hell.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist ...
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

No lady is ever a gentleman
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite i...
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Patriotism is the religion of hell
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some temptation we resisted
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make ...
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

I am willing to taste any drink once.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Every notion that any man, dead, living, or unborn, might form as to the universe will necessarily p...
JAMES BRANCH CABELL

It amuses me to weep for a dead man with eyes that once were his.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL We knew before Andrew went over there that Stuart would be going to Iraq. His unit would be supporti...
CABELL DAVIS There were always fistfights. You would hear, 'He hit me,' constantly.
CABELL DAVIS He's my mentor. I love that man. He was probably the first guy that really took an interest in me. I...
ENOS CABELL It was bad. We flew commercial flights, and we'd fly the day of the game to play doubleheaders. Befo...
ENOS CABELL He pushed me to another way. I ended up being a businessman for like 15 years after that. He always ...
ENOS CABELL He always told the truth. If you asked him a question, he was going to give you the answer. You migh...
ENOS CABELL I felt like a mother in labor waiting for you to arrive all day.
CABELL DAVIS The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward an...
TAYLOR BRANCH There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for com...
TAYLOR BRANCH I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship an...
TAYLOR BRANCH

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.
BRANCH RICKEY

If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.
MICHELLE BRANCH

A full mind is an empty bat.
BRANCH RICKEY Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.
ANNA BRANCH

Luck is the residue of design.
BRANCH RICKEY Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.
TAYLOR BRANCH

I don't really love writing. I don't love the feeling of starting a new file. But I love the...
JOHN BRANCH

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't...
MICHELLE BRANCH

I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, ...
MICHELLE BRANCH

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest...
BRANCH RICKEY

When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.
MICHELLE BRANCH

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.
BRANCH RICKEY

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
BRANCH RICKEY

I found during my time covering the NHL that the enforcers were some of the most accessible guys and...
JOHN BRANCH

Thou shalt not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, indeed thou shall steal and thou must.
BRANCH RICKEY Scouting is something I'll be able to do later, but a player can play only so long.
CALVIN BRANCH I would have to say yes, just because the time I spent with him, he's such a nice person. I think he...
CALVIN BRANCH He was trying to teach people that, 'I am a prime example of what not to do in certain situations.
CALVIN BRANCH It's tragic. It's crazy when young people see an untimely death like that. It's so sad.
CALVIN BRANCH

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
BRANCH RICKEY

Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
BRANCH RICKEY

The applause belongs to the teams. They are the ones who provided the fans an experience on such an ...
BRANCH RICKEY

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over base...
BRANCH RICKEY

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that ...
BRANCH RICKEY

After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher a...
BRANCH RICKEY

Problems are the price you pay for progress.
BRANCH RICKEY

Let's not get panicky.
BRANCH RICKEY

You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.
BRANCH RICKEY

I know you're a good ballplayer,
BRANCH RICKEY

hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a state of mind i could call mine, that onl...
BRANCH RICKEY

Baseball is a game of inches.
BRANCH RICKEY

I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 min...
MICHELLE BRANCH

I have a pirate fetish - I just always thought eye patches were sexy.
MICHELLE BRANCH

Our pitching staff is a conspiracy of ifs.
BRANCH RICKEY I look at a guy like Troy who?s been playing 13 years and he still comes out and works like it?s his...
DEION BRANCH

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain...
BRANCH RICKEY

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within th...
BRANCH RICKEY There's no difference in the way we play, but there's a difference intensity-wise. Coach (English) i...
ALAN BRANCH

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
BRANCH RICKEY Oh, grieve not, ladies, if at night, Ye wake to feel your beauty going; It was a web of frail deligh...
ANNA BRANCH However many points we have to score to win a game, then we have to do that. Our job is to score mor...
DEION BRANCH Breakfast! My favorite meal- and you can be so creative. I think of bowls of sparkling berries and f...
SUSAN BRANCH

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow...
BRANCH RICKEY

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.
BRANCH RICKEY

The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.
BRANCH RICKEY

I could never be a manager. All I have is natural ability.
BRANCH RICKEY

All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded ...
BRANCH RICKEY

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.
BRANCH RICKEY

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and str...
BRANCH RICKEY

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself...
BRANCH RICKEY

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
BRANCH RICKEY He's always making jokes in meeting rooms and jokes on the field. Sometimes, he even talks to me whe...
ALAN BRANCH

All I had was natural ability.
BRANCH RICKEY It is what it is. We'll just move on.
BRANCH LAWSON We have to accept the decision.
BRANCH LAWSON It's a lifetime occupation. Happy running everybody.
BRANCH BRADY The longer road races are more beautiful.
BRANCH BRADY I would highly recommend it as a beginner race for just about anybody.
BRANCH BRADY

People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.
MICHELLE BRANCH That's money the school district doesn't have to pay and the taxpayers don't have to pay it.
BILL BRANCH It's coming from state offices that have been cut back or have been shut down.
BILL BRANCH We're delighted that we have resolved a problem dating as far back as 1999 and that we have recovere...
BILL BRANCH

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
BRANCH RICKEY

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was...
BRANCH RICKEY

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in ...
BRANCH RICKEY

Never surrender opportunity for security.
BRANCH RICKEY When the Birmingham movement happened, it just stunned me, ... I felt a tiny breath of something ver...
TAYLOR BRANCH

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
BRANCH RICKEY Ever theatrical, Jackie also viewed the home as a grand set: a malleable, working stage on which to ...
SHELLY BRANCH

From a distance, at a time of urbanization and connectivity, rodeo and ranching may seem anachronist...
JOHN BRANCH

Rodeo careers can end without warning, as quick as the next try at an eight-second ride.
JOHN BRANCH I can't speak about their team, but I know we have hidden stars, ... Everybody knows on our team whe...
DEION BRANCH I didn't have a motive. I didn't to it. You did. What are you writing?"

"Motive...
PAMELA BRANCH We were amazed at the response we got from it. It's new to the area. We kept it at a low price so as...
DON BRANCH (Buchanan) made an unbelievable play. He did a great job blocking the plate.
DONNIE BRANCH There was a lot of great baseball, and there was a lot of ugly baseball. It was like a heavyweight f...
DONNIE BRANCH You try to get to that moment when someone can come through. We had one of the best hitters in the s...
DONNIE BRANCH He pretty much knows my body, sort of like (Patriots strength and conditioning) coach (Mike) Woicik ...
DEION BRANCH That?s the main thing -- staying healthy and staying on the field and helping your team win some gam...
DEION BRANCH You follow it up with another Super Bowl. That?s the best way to follow that up. I set big personal ...
DEION BRANCH This is the best I?ve ever felt in my whole life playing football -- in my whole life. Even college,...
DEION BRANCH Ain't nothing changed about me.
DEION BRANCH I learned a lot from him. But we won a Super Bowl without him -- that's what happens when you have a...
DEION BRANCH It's not the same camp without Charlie yelling at us.
DEION BRANCH Everybody knows what kind of player he is ? Pro Bowl player, All-Pro player, a great competitor on a...
DEION BRANCH I'll perform it anywhere. Just give me an audience. I'll take them on a ride as I go from character ...
BRIDGET BRANCH Somewhere along the line, I lost the passion. I got a degree in telecommunications.
BRIDGET BRANCH In elementary school and middle school, I had the lead in every show I did.
BRIDGET BRANCH I am definitely shy in front of a camera... there were scenes were I have a guy in the video and I h...
MICHELLE BRANCH I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried.
MICHELLE BRANCH [The disc’s first single will be] I'm Feeling You, ... The Game of Love.
MICHELLE BRANCH I put myself into character for my songs.
MICHELLE BRANCH I wanted to be a Broadway star when I was younger. I wanted to sing and dance until I realized I was...
MICHELLE BRANCH My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major ...
MICHELLE BRANCH Saddle bronc is the quintessential rodeo sport - not the chaos of bull riding or the thrashing of ba...
JOHN BRANCH I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, where...
MICHELLE BRANCH That gives me great satisfaction. He's an outstanding young man. He has so much to offer and he'll s...
DAVE BRANCH The league has a zero-tolerance policy on hazing and the league must make a very strong statement ag...
DAVE BRANCH The league and its members are committed to providing an environment where each player joining the l...
DAVE BRANCH I covered hockey for a few years in the late '90s and early 2000s for the 'Colorado Springs ...
JOHN BRANCH It doesn't matter if they label it philosophy, science or home ec. For this to be endorsed as scient...
GLENN BRANCH Biologists are split on this point. A lot of scientists regard natural selection as one of the means...
GLENN BRANCH The people in Broward County who are worried or entranced by the possibility [ The Dynamics of Life ...
GLENN BRANCH This book is not presenting creationism in any form as a scientifically credible view.
GLENN BRANCH I never had an official job, but I did play at a local cantina every Tuesday night, and I babysat a ...
MICHELLE BRANCH We knew they'd be with us the whole way. Coach showed us a newspaper article that said they wanted a...
JOSH BRANCH I really don't think we took them lightly; coach told us they'd be gunning for us. We've just been i...
JOSH BRANCH We knew we had to step up. Mike was incredible inside, and that really set the tone for us. It was a...
JOSH BRANCH They destroyed something they voted to pay for.
MAJOR JIM BRANCH At the present time we are leaning toward no association. But I would caution that that could change...
MAJOR JIM BRANCH We fully realize the public is looking at this case. I can assure you we are working tirelessly. We ...
MAJOR JIM BRANCH Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
JAMES BLUNT National honor is the national property of the highest value.
JAMES MONROE Every person is created in the image of God and has value. Every person. Every person is to be treat...
JAMES LANKFORD People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I m...
JAMES MCBRIDE From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started openi...
KEVIN JAMES My favorite movie of all time is 'Rocky.'
KEVIN JAMES Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again.
KEVIN JAMES I really wasn't a class clown.
KEVIN JAMES I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.
KEVIN JAMES Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.
KEVIN JAMES Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the s...
KEVIN JAMES I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.
KEVIN JAMES You think school ends when it ends, but it doesn't.
KEVIN JAMES It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.
KEVIN JAMES I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfo...
KEVIN JAMES I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are lick...
KEVIN JAMES Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.
KEVIN JAMES I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to sa...
KEVIN JAMES Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next...
KEVIN JAMES I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.
KEVIN JAMES I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously.
KEVIN JAMES A song can take you to a special time in your life.
KEVIN JAMES If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, '...
KEVIN JAMES I could never be James Bond.
KEVIN JAMES I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
KEVIN JAMES You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it&...
JAMES DASHNER It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
JAMES WAN Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common ha...
WILLIAM JAMES Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
JAMES THOMSON 'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
JAMES THOMSON For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by...
JAMES THOMSON The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no ...
JAMES THOMSON More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
JAMES THOMSON But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
JAMES THOMSON Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
JAMES THOMSON When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feeling...
ETTA JAMES Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a...
JAMES ROUSE Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you...
JAMES GALWAY A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
JAMES CALLAGHAN A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
JAMES KELLER I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.
JAMES CORDEN You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,...
LEBRON JAMES In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If...
LILY JAMES If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v...
LENNIE JAMES My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.
JAMES BROWN The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply ...
JAMES NAISMITH But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.
LEBRON JAMES Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
WILLIAM JAMES

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

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