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I think that much of this was running in background as I contempla

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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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

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Hope
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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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If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. Thats how fragile our consciousness is. – Robin Gibb

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I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeves characters emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swans death, which I thought was exploitative. – Margot Kidder

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Death

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven. – Tryon Edwards

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Death

Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death. – Blaise Pascal

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Death

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The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. – Peter Abelard

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The World Trade Center is a living symbol of mans dedication to world peace… a representation of mans belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. – Minoru Yamasaki

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Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of mans cruelty and baseness. – Bryant H. McGill

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