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Nothing in our daily life offers more of the comfort of continuity, the generational connection of belonging to a vast and complicated American family, the powerful sense of home, the freedom from time's constraints, and the great gift of accumulated memory than does our National Pastime. -- Ken Burns
The national pastime is juiced. -- Jose Canseco
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. -- Phyllis McGinley
Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip. -- Erma Bombeck
Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished. -- Jim Sensenbrenner
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. -- Lou Gehrig
Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television. -- Bob Greene
This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it. -- Matt Taibbi
True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. -- Eric Liu
But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. -- John Thorn
Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don't get you anywhere. A club is judged solely on results, and to get results, you must win ball games. -- Billy Evans
You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime. -- George Herman
Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials. -- Evan Bayh
The national pastime is juiced, -- Jose Canseco
Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here. -- Phyllis McGinley
Baseball is our national pastime, that is if you discount political campaigning. -- Ronald Reagan
Nap time would become a national pastime. A man needs his beauty rest! -- Si Robertson
I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime. -- Babe Ruth
So I won't. I won't think of it, and I'll make procrastination my new national pastime. -- Kendra Blake
Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking. -- Bob Hope
It's time to cut off visas for foreign baseball players and return our national pastime to Americans. -- Phyllis Schlafly
I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore. -- Taylor Swift
Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye. -- Roger Maris
Baseball is really two sports -- the summer game and the autumn game. One is the leisurely pastime of our national mythology. The other is not so gentle. -- Thomas Boswell
Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our national pastime, our national symbol, and our national treasure. -- John Thorn
Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them. -- George Will

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