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Bill Lee: "I know I had a blister before Johnson took me out. I never shoulda walked anyone. I should've told Johnson about it before and have him take me out. It was pure vanity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Locker Room Quotes | 10/23/1975 | See Source »

...mother's always talking about the wedding. "You shoulda been there," she says. She doesn 't remember. I was there, and so were my two brothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Prinze of Prime Time | 9/30/1974 | See Source »

Fiore Buccieri (giggling): Jackie, you shoulda seen the guy. Like an elephant, he was, and when Jimmy hit him with that electric prod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE CONGLOMERATE OF CRIME | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...personal companion. "Today I discovered an old pile of Lucky's manure," he writes. "It was turning back to grass. And I saw it was a miracle." Somehow this becomes a touching ending to a delightful book. An alternate epitaph might be the horseplayers' eternal lament, "I shoulda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Exquisite Angst | 6/27/1969 | See Source »

Nobody ever accused Breslin of running scared, but now that he is turning to writing books, he does fret about his own lack of discipline. Not about his background, though. "I'm not smart, but then you tell me who is. I shoulda gone to an Ivy League college, then I coulda lied like the rest of them jerks wearing the striped ties." He seems overly proud of his limited tastes in literature. "Portnoy's Complaint! I don't read nothin' that ain't written in English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnists: Joining a Bigger League | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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