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“When I approached him a second time with the cameras rolling, Munson grabbed the microphone and suggested I perform a physical impossibility.”
― Jim Bouton, Ball Four

“The Fords were the first in the country to lay a concrete landing strip, the first to build an airport hotel for out-of-town flyboys (the 108-room Dearborn Inn, which is still there), and the first private company to take on a US Air Mail Service contract.”
― A.J. Baime, The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Ford Motor Company, and Their Epic Quest to Arm an America at War

“For, in the end, Brearley did manage to create cutlery from stainless steel, and it’s the transparent protective layer of chromium oxide that makes the spoon tasteless, since your tongue never actually touches the metal and your saliva cannot react with it; it has meant that we are one of the first generations who have not had to taste our cutlery.”
― Mark Miodownik, Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

“We’ll see if he still feels that way the first time the selection committee leaves out Alabama.”
― Stewart Mandel, The Thinking Fan's Guide to the College Football Playoff