#y

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#free #had #i #into #morning

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#by the time #change #critics #during #everybody

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#deeply #each #lonely #love #loved

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#defense #done #effort #extra #get

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#difficult #enjoyed #hard #rewarding #something

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics. ↗

— Henry Adams

#any #axioms #difficult #doctrine #i

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#blur #fans #get #line #players

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#crazy #declaring #got #guys #high

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#body #center #emotions #ever #forget

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#broad #class #coming #democracy #democratic