It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches … - Reggie Jackson

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Because we are interested in promoting wellness, we will integrate medicine with performing arts, arts and crafts, agriculture, recreation, nature, and social service.

Reggie Jackson

It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

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A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.

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I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it

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Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.

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True success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.

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So many ideas come to you and you want to try them all, but you can't. You're like a mosquito in a nudist colony, you don't know where to start.

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