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There ain't no man can avoid being born average. But there ain't no man got to be common.
Satchel Paige
— Satchel Paige
Baseball pitcher
"Change of Pace" by Jim Raglin, Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal (July 26, 1958), p. 8

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Satchel Paige
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"Change of Pace" by Jim Raglin, Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal (July 26, 1958), p. 8
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