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CitationMisquotesContextSource LinkCitation “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” ~Satchel Paige, American baseball player Attributed by sports writer Jim Raglin (c. 1957) “Change of Pace,” Jim Raglin, Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal, p. 8, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com Misquotes Re-quote note: Paige also received credit for the quote in an earlier column by Florida sports editor Bill McGrotha. The quote shared by McGrotha also came from a second-hand source, and the wording was slightly different: “McLemore also passed on some of the philosophy of Satchel Paige, the ancient pitcher who last year hurled for
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RADNER, Gilda
GILDA RADNER, American comedian & actor – Author Quotes
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RAND, Ayn
AYN RAND – Russian-American author, philosopher & screenwriter – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
JAMES G. RANDALL – American author, educator & historian – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
CHARLES READE – English author & playwright – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
THOMAS REDDIN – American police chief & news commentator – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
YEZIERSKA, Anzia
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “All men think all men mortal, but themselves.” ~Edward Young, English poet “The Complaint. Night the First” (1742) in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I, London: D. Dodsley, 1742 second edition, p. 28, line 422; online via University of California & Google Books, books.google.com Context Extended excerpt [Spelling & capitalization as found in original text]: “All men think all men Mortal, but themselves; Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate Strikes thro’ their wounded hearts the suddain Dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded Air, Soon close, where past the shaft, no Trace is found” (p. 28, lines 421 – 425)
POLLAN, Michael
Michael Pollan