James Russell
James Russell
Left-handed relief pitcher known for an average fastball and good slider who made his MLB debut in 2010 for the Chicago Cubs.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 January 1986
CityCincinnati, OH
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Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new -- and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.
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A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
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A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
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Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!
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New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression.
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A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil's weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there is more poison in the handle than in the point.
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It is quite too common a practice, both in readers and the more superficial class of critics, to judge a book by what it is not, a matter much easier to determine than what it is.
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Let us be thankful that there is no court by which we can be excluded from our share in the inheritance of the great poets of all ages and countries, to which our simple humanity entitles us.
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A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.
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Analysis is carried into everything. Even Deity is subjected to chemical tests.
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They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
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Tis easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue-- 'Tis the natural way of living.