My second, third and fourth novels were mistakes, essentially.
John Burnside
Recitation: by Male by Female
I was a handyman in an office building across from Penn Station for two entire summers while I was still in school and the summer after. I had to wear a big, gray jumpsuit kind of thing that had the name of the company in a big patch on my chest, and I was sent to fix things and didn't know what I was doing.
Max von Essen
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American colleges are now increasingly reflexive in maintaining politically correct dialogue over controversy, and some say universities have lost sight of education's ultimate purpose.
John J. McLaughlin
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I had to work to eat. I couldn't even complete a basic elementary education.
Angel Cabrera
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But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.
John Shimkus
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I'm a Cleveland guy, man. I love this city.
Stipe Miocic
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The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.
Shimon Peres
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After my 1985 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,' I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they wanted to turn my act into a sitcom.
Roseanne Barr
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The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.
Michael K. Powell
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We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.
Dimebag Darrell
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Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
Denis Waitley
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All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that obnoxious and get away with it.
Christopher Moore
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My dad was always genuine with the fans and said, 'You must appreciate every single one of them,' and I always did. I always tried to make time for every autograph or every picture. What's an autograph? It's the simplest thing in the world.
Bret Hart
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