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In the late 30s the name Pollock was totally unknown and unheard of. ↗

— Lee Krasner

#name #pollock #totally #unheard #unknown

If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first. ↗

— Larry Bird

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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected. ↗

— Larry Bird

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The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#galaxy #mind #misinformation #priceless

When I was a kid, I never thought about anything. Never had to think about where I was going to school or what I was going to do. I just lived minute to minute. ↗

— Larry Bird

#anything #going #had #i #just

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys. ↗

— Larry Bird

#black #cause #game #guys #hotel

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#defamation #had #her #i #initial

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. ↗

— Larry Bird

#conclusion #course #day #directions #discard

Mendel had a remarkable nature as a boy. I’m not talking about miracles. Miracles are a burden for a tzaddik, not the proof of one. Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir. There was something in Mendele. There was a fire. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#philosophy #faith

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. ↗

— Maggie Kuhn

#even #fear #mind #people #shakes