That's one of the great gifts of this, the greatest of all games, baseball: it allows you, still, to lose yourself in a dream, to feel and remember a season of life when summer never seemed to die and the assault of cynicism hadn't begun to batter optimism. Mike Barnicle assaultbaseballbatter share on social
That's one of the great lies of intimacy, to pretend you know everything - you cannot. No matter how close you've been, over however many years, there remain secrets. I think we all know that - that you don't tell everybody everything. Siri Hustvedt closegreathave share on social
That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons. Don Yaeger baseballchampionshipfail share on social
That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about. Joel Edgerton actorgreatlearn Change image and share on social
That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself. Michael Shannon actboregreat Change image and share on social
That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling. Zach Galifianakis comedygreatlimit share on social
That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts. Harold Ramis additioncatchdvd Change image and share on social
That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were. Paul Muldoon cropgreatpart Change image and share on social
That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on! Michael Strahan footballgreatthanksgiving Change image and share on social
That's one of the ironies of our time: Right when we're on the edge of serious improvements in health care, we're also cooking the planet. Kim Stanley Robinson carecookedge Change image and share on social
