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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

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Casey Stengel
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 30
Died: 1975
Died: September 29
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Kansas City
Missouri
Charles Dillon Casey Stengel
Learn
Living
Three
Money
Make
Broke
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I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I had to leave.
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My health is good enough about the shoulders.
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The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.
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That kid can hit balls over buildings.
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Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.
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We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'.
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They say it can't be done, but sometimes that doesn't always work.
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