“Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.” Quote by Ernest Legouve
“Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.” BigsGamesLevelsPreparedLeaguePitchingOlympic Games Author:Jose Contreras
“Sometimes I just stand on the beach and look at the water, and Cuba feels so close it's unbelievable.” FeelsLooksSometimesWaterBeachUnbelievableCuba Author:Jose Contreras
“Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.” HumansPersonsHuman BeingsIncrediblesCoachesPitchingGreat Friend Author:Jose Contreras
“It's amazing how everything here seems like it's in abundance. In Cuba, there is a shortage of everything.” SeemsAbundanceCubaShortage Author:Jose Contreras
“What happens in the heart simply happens.” HeartHappens Book:Birthday letters Source: Birthday letters
“...there are two (inter alia) two ways of ruining a society - namely, letting the market "be the sole director of the fate of human beings," and allowing technology to permeate every aspect of our lives. In the United States, both of these developments have converged, creating a huge chasm between rich and poor and pushing us over the edge into a kind of antisociety... While these developments have been widely hailed as the dawn of a golden age, the likelihood is that they actually amount to a death knell, the beginning of the end of the American empire.” WayHumansKindHas BeensTwoEndsStatesAgeHuman BeingsPoorUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesRichOur LivesFateHugeDevelopmentAmountDirectorsCreatingAspectEdgesGoldenDawnEmpiresPushingAllowingSoleTwo WaysRich And PoorLikelihoodGolden AgeChasmsOver The EdgeAmerican Empire Author:Morris Berman
“Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re-examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it.” PeopleIfsShouldImportantHappensActionValuesGoalStepsAchieveDespiteSuitableInertia Author:Fitzhugh Dodson
“In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, nursing, crude dentistry, even bodily functions. In the secular West, where nothing is sacred, everything seems hidden; yet in Asia, where nothing is hidden, everything is sacred.” HomeSeemsPrayerSleepMillionsStreetsEventsParticularEatingIndiaFunctionSacredWestSecularAsiaNursingCrudeDentistryBodily Functions Author:Steve McCurry