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Jun 18, 2012
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It's no different in softball than the rest of life...

“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.”― Friedrich Nietzsche

and...

"Most people don't really want the truth; they just want reassurance that what they already believe, is the truth" -- Unknown
 
Mar 26, 2013
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Kaffee: *I want the truth!*
Col. Jessep: *You can't handle the truth!*
[pauses]
Col. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
-- A Few Good Men
 
Oct 22, 2009
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"Truth" belongs to the domain of those who won the battle and who hold the power. The rest of us have to learn to live in that alternative reality that is "truth" until there is a change in the power structure.
 
Apr 28, 2014
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -Joseph Campbell
 
Aug 18, 2014
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The truth is everyone's DD is a superstar before the season starts. It is how we accept the reality of called third strikes and missed short hops that define our ability to accept facts. But for now....superstar.
 
Aug 18, 2014
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We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -Joseph Campbell
One which is filled with concession stand hot dogs and moderately priced chain hotels, stinky socks and over priced bats. For this we shall forsake our dreams of yore to live this life which we have chosen, to live for the sound of a composite bat making solid contact or the thwack! of a screaming liner being trapped inside our daughter's glove for a third out.

lol or something like that
 
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Apr 28, 2014
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One which is filled with concession stand hot dogs and moderately priced chain hotels, stinky socks and over priced bats. For this we shall forsake our dreams of yore to live this life which we have chosen, to live for the sound of a composite bat making solid contact or the thwack! of a screaming liner being trapped inside our daughter's glove for a third out.

Pure Magic right there!
 

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