Quote by John Thorn
For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with A

For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning. – John Thorn

Other quotes by John Thorn

Planning to play: thats what saving for retirement is today – and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work, and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death. – John Thorn

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Death
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But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. – John Thorn

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Dreams
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I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not it smelled like death, not youth. – John Thorn

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Death
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Hope
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If youve never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, youve got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy. – Robert Wyatt

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Hope

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation. – Evelyn Glennie

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Hope

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel. – Michael Morpurgo

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Hope

I hope I die before I get old. – Roger Daltrey

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Hope

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I recorded my hair this morning, tonight Im watching the highlights. – Jay London

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funny

Its my first presenting role so Ill be nervous, but its going to be great fun. I cant wait to sample the food and meet the celebrities. Hopefully I can inject some of my own glamour. – Nicole Appleton

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Food

Crime shapes how we think about the world it shapes social decisions that we make it shapes our base of knowledge. But we dont talk about it intelligently. – Bill James

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Knowledge

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. – Sallust

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Nature