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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

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Satchel Paige
Age: 75 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 7
Died: 1982
Died: June 8
Baseball Player
Mobile
Alabama
Leroy Robert Satchel Paige
Satchell Paige
Citizen
Immortal
Turned
Baseball
Citizens
Second
Class
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.
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I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.
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They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
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One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.
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I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
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Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
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Avoid running at all times.
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Throw high risers at the chin throw peas at the knees throw it here when they're lookin' there throw it there when they're lookin' here.
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If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.
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Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
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Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse oceans can open. That's why they say, we don't stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing.
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