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Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it not hard enough and it flies away.

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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Voice Actor
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
Enough
Flies
Hard
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Like
Holding
Basketball
Kill
Hand
Squeeze
Away
Managing
Hands
Dove

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