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Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#credit #critics #eventually #find #give

For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles. ↗

— Barry Lopez

#giving #language #life

I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#buddies #come #could #embarrassed #extremely

Labour-saving devices just make us try to cram more pointless activities into each day, rather than doing the important thing, which is to enjoy our life. ↗

— Tom Hodgkinson

#living #life

I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#almost #back #cheating #come #comfortable

I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#been #come #exciting #feel #fortunate

I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#best #first #friends #got #i

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#civilised #i #irrevocably #laughter #me

The reality is that my stepfather was like a father to me and watching him die from a sudden heart attack was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#die #ever #father #gone #hardest

I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs. ↗

— Roberto Clemente

#hitting #home #home runs #i #i am