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“Baseball is green and safe. It has neither the street intimidation of basketball nor the controlled Armageddon of football.... Baseball is a green dream that happens on summer nights in safe places in unsafe cities.”

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Luke Salisbury

Luke Salisbury, born in 1947, is an accomplished author known for his diverse literary works and profound insights into human nature. more

“The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics.”

Hands Difficult Imagination Magic Stage Police Trade Profession Nervous Crafts Delicate Magician Hostility Ingenious Guarded Explosives Specialization Narcotics

Author:William Bolitho

“The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.”

Ifs Men Ideas Young Girl Strong Simple Secret Marriage Possibility Aim Mere Profession Pursuit Reasonable Inferiority Likelihood

Author:William Bolitho

“Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social.”

Individual Social Adventure Elements

Author:William Bolitho

“I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf.”

Thinking Problem Hands Eye Certain Rich Focus Tired Charm Leafs Texture Cgi

Author:Matt Groening

“If you have older children who avoid you like the plague, buy yourself some expensive bath salts, run a hot tub, and settle in for a long soak. Teenagers who haven't talked to you since their tenth birthday will bang on the door, demanding your immediate attention.”

Ifs Children Long Running Attention Doors Havens Hot Teenager Settling Expensive Salt Adolescence Plague Bangs Baths Tubs Hot Tub

Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

“A surefire method of setting up regular communication with your kids is to get a job in an office which discourages personal phone calls. Your kids will then call you every hour on the hour.”

Children Kids Jobs Hours Communication Office Our Children Method Phones Setting Settings Telephones Discouraging Phone Calls

Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

“My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to decode because it is based on only four phrases: 'Huh,' 'I dunno,' 'It's not my turn,' and 'I do everything around here!”

Children Kids Turns Speak Language Difficult Four Strange Husband Ancient Phrases My Husband Dialect

Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)

“Take it from me: no matter how few or how many children you have, or how little or how much money you make, your expenses are going to exceed your income by approximately a hundred dollars a month.”

Children Littles Matter Family Months Hundred Dollars Income Expenses Exceed

Book:Up a Family Tree

Source: Up a Family Tree

“Of course the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Why do you think the neighbors put up the fence?”

Thinking Courses Sides Neighbor Grass Fence Greener Grass Is Greener Greener On The Other Side Grass Is Greener On The Other Side

Author:Teresa Bloomingdale

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