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| | Hank Aaron |  | On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again. |
| | Edward Abbey | | The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. |
| | Lord Acton | | To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice. |
| | Theodor Adorno | | Running in the street conveys an impression of terror. The victim's fall is already mimed in his attempt to escape it. The position of the head, trying to hold itself up, is that of a drowning man, and the straining face grimaces as if under torture. He has to look ahead, can hardly glance back without stumbling, as if treading the shadow of a foe whose features freeze the limbs. |
| | Ben Affleck | | I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremeties as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies. |
| | Casey Affleck | | After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning. |
| | Robert Alan | | The good deed you do today For a brother or sister in need Will come back to you some day For humanity's a circle in deed. |
| | Edward Albert | | In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday. |
| | Nelson Algren | | The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D. |
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