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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
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Learn
Living
Three
Money
Make
Broke

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Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English.
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I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.
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If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
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You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.
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We are a much improved ball club: now we lose in extra innings!
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Even my players aren't players.
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