[Ads-l] born on third base

[Peter Reitan]

Precursor in a short list of one-line pieces of wisdom.

"A genius is one who seems a wonder because he was born on third base."

Edmond New Leaf (Edmond, Kansas), April 11, 1935, page 4.
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I first heard it (in the third rather than second person) in Ann =
Richards=E2=80=99s speech at the DNC referring, if memory serves, to =
George H. W. Bush.  But I can stand corrected.

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 7:43 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> =
wrote:
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> Chris Mathews, MSNBC, in ref. to Trumptaxgate:
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> "We've all heard the term 'born on third base and claiming you hit a
> triple."
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> I haven't heard it, but GB takes it back to at least 1981.
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the =
truth."
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