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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
Willie Stargell
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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
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Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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