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Bill James Quotes

American - Writer | October 5, 1949 -

Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice.

Justice Law Professionalism Us Case

Crime shapes how we think about the world; it shapes social decisions that we make; it shapes our base of knowledge. But we don't talk about it intelligently.

Knowledge World Think Decisions Talk

Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you.

You Worst Emotional Take Just Toll

Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.

Violence Television Entertainment

Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses.

Proud Doing Wrong Kind Capable Us

The business of popularizing crime is how we expose the faults in our justice system. It's how we expose police misconduct.

Business Justice Police Crime System

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.

Famous New Crime Always Lead Laws

I think among the population at large, people are openly fascinated with crime and don't feel any shame over it. It's only the opinion-makers and the 'opinion elites' who turn up their noses.

People Opinion Think Feel Shame Up

Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in general, it's reductive to think of evil as something foreign and separate from the rest of us. Evil is part of everyone. We all have the capacity to commit evil acts.

People Evil Rest Think Some People

The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.

Struggle Succeed Long Will Race

Baseball would be a quite remarkable activity if it was the one place in the world where your co-workers didn't have any impact on how productive you were. But in fact, baseball is a high-stress occupation, and those sort of stress-inducing activities... just have a huge impact on how the team functions, I think.

Baseball Team World Think Impact

Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners caught stealing.

You Lose Stealing Gain Well Caught

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