"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."
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"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."
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"Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate."
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"A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other."
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"I think umpires have too much power, without any system of checks and balances and the more money a player makes, the more the umpire tries to show off that power to him. Unfortunately, since I signed my contract my strike zone has suddenly become a lot larger."
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"Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy."
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"I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel."
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"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."
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"The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free."
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"We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand."
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"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it."
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"A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice"
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"When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear."
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"A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives."
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"Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire."
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"My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort."
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"Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God."
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"Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!"
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"Never judge a work of art by its defects."
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"If you judge, investigate."
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