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Bill James quotes: Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.

Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.

Bill James quotes: Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment.

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

Bill James quotes: Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

Bill James quotes: It is a very long and very difficult road from a fact to a conclusion. But it is a million times longer from a theory to a fact.

It is a very long and very difficult road from a fact to a conclusion. But it is a million times longer from a theory to a fact.

Bill James quotes: There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

Bill James quotes: There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions.

There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions.

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

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

Bill James quotes: Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened.

Crime cases tend to be fascinating until you figure out what happened.

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

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

Bill James quotes: (Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.

(Mantle) was clearly a greater player in his peak years.

Bill James quotes: Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.

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

Bill James quotes: Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.

Visualizing the movement finally got me over the top after months of practice.

Bill James quotes: Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?

Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?

Bill James quotes: I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

Bill James quotes: Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

Bill James quotes: I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

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

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

Bill James quotes: I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

Bill James quotes: In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

Bill James quotes: You're just too poor to get rich.

You're just too poor to get rich.

Bill James quotes: When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

Bill James quotes: Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.

Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.

Bill James quotes: There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.

There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.

Bill James quotes: If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

Bill James quotes: Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

Bill James quotes: We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.

We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.

Bill James quotes: You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?

You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?

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

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

Bill James quotes: You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.

You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.

Bill James quotes: I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!

I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!

Bill James quotes: When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.

When I was a small kid, I grew up in the newspapers.

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

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

Bill James quotes: It's easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not.

It's easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not.

Bill James quotes: Professionalism in law has brought us the O.J. Simpson case in lieu of justice.

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