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“Make no mistake: You will be challenged at some point in time. We all are. That’s just life.”
― Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
― Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― The Three Witches and the Master
― The Three Witches and the Master
“I also fear an attack directly upon us which shall be considerably aided by the French colonists! I therefore support your plan to act first and stage a preemptive strike against the French by launching “Operation Bright Moon”, which is now the code name for the Japanese coup d ětat which will disarm the Vichy French Forces by or during the 9th of March 1945!”
(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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“Puff, puff, chug, chug, went the Little Blue Engine. “I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can - I think I can.”
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“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.”
― The Little Engine That Could
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“I thought I could. I thought I could. I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.
I thought I could.”
― The Little Engine That Could
“So here I am, my affections torn between a postal service that never feeds me but can tackle a challenge and one that gives me free tape and prompt service but won't help me out when I can't remember a street name. The lesson to draw from this, of course, is that when you move from one country to another you have to accept that there are some things that are better and some things worse, and there is nothing you can do about it. That may not be the profoundest of insights to take away from a morning's outing, but I did get a free doughnut as well, so on balance I guess I'm happy.”
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
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