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"Dickey's teaching me all of his experience."

January 1, 1970

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Non-fiction authors from the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients People from St. Louis

Original Language: English

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The most distinctive element of this quote as it has come to be universally remembered—i.e. "learning me" rather than "teaching..."—appears to be the invention of Arthur Daley, who, more than a year later (5/22/50 NY Times), reprises Berra's 1949 statement as "Dickey's learning me his experiences."

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The most distinctive element of this quote as it has come to be universally remembered—i.e. "learning me" rather than "teaching..."—appears to be the invention of Arthur Daley, who, more than a year later (5/22/50 NY Times), reprises Berra's 1949 statement as "Dickey's learning me his experiences."