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If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.
“If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.”
— John Thorn · Chain
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“If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.”
“I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth.”
“For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning.”
“Planning to play: that's what saving for retirement is today - and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work, and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death.”
“One of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write this, something happened that had never happened in baseball before.”
“Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.”
“It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.”
“Unless you're getting a dollar slice, there's no real money difference between a chain and your local pizzeria.”
“I built a supply chain of 400,000 people in China to play games professionally to mine digital currency.”
“More and more, the things we do in real life will end up as Facebook posts. And while we may be consoled by the fact that most of this stuff is being posted just to our friends, it only takes one friend to share that information with his or her friends to start a viral chain.”
“As a result of the expectations created, every time a training fatality occurs, the public pressure on MINDEF and SAF commanders down the leadership chain takes on a very corrosive edge. This damages not just the SAF, but the institution of National Service too.”
“We have a really rich and diverse heritage in my family - but I sometimes felt it was a bit of a chain round my neck in the Labour party if truth be told.”