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Go light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social life ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
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Satchel Paige
Age: 75 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 7
Died: 1982
Died: June 8
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Leroy Robert Satchel Paige
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I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.
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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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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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If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
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If a man can beat you, walk him.
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I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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