“Maybe, but I don't have another life to live to wait around for it.”
Speaking on August 31, 1956 at Griffith Stadium, in response to pitcher Whitey Ford's assurance that he could indeed retire Jim Lemon, who had homered off Ford in each of his previous three at-bats; as quoted in The Greatest Team of All Timeː As Selected by Baseball's Immortals, From Ty Cobb to Willie Mays (1994) by Nicholas Acocella and Donald Dewey, p. 113
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“Maybe I was born in Myanmar in another life.”
Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)
As quoted in South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/other-martial-arts/article/3021025/maybe-i-was-born-myanmar-another-life/ (August 2, 2019) <br class="br">On Lethwei
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer
"Sometimes", § 7
Red Bird (2008)
Context: Death waits for me, I know it, around
one corner or another.
This doesn't amuse me.
Neither does it frighten me. After the rain, I went back into the field of sunflowers.
It was cool, and I was anything but drowsy.
I walked slowly, and listened to the crazy roots, in the drenched earth, laughing and growing.
Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer
"Daydreamer" (song, 2012), with Flux Pavilion (Joshua Steele) <br class="br"> ("Daydreamer" on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-dTtBd8mN0 <br class="br">Non-album singles, As featured artist
Angelina Jolie (1975) American actress, film director, and screenwriter
Variant: I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free...
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Scotland and Northern Ireland (June 18, 2007)
