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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human be...

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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another i...

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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I care...

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A life isn't significant except for its impact on other lives.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negro...

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I had practiced with the team, and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri. The...

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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human bein...

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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watch...

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Jackie Robinson

Baseball player

Born: 1919-01-31

Died: 1972-10-24

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (31 January 1919 – 24 October 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.More