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What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. ↗

— Richard Russo

#bring #child #different #does #dramatic

You use simple brushstrokes in a screenplay for things over which you would take much greater pains in a novel. ↗

— Richard Russo

#much #novel #over #pains #screenplay

The Bible is God's Word expressed and revealed to his creature, man. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#creature #expressed #god #his #man

After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#balance #confirmation #face #friends #i

I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#afterwards #anybody #because #convinced #family

Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#hard #harder #hit #i #imprisonment

You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#cautious #climb #did #great #great wall

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#been #born #easy #felt #got

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#cobb #god #god almighty #hit #man

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#feel #quit #run #should #starts