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The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things education must try to produce. ”
If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones. ”
In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes. ”
Reviewers have called my books 'novels in verse.' I think of them as written in prose, but I do use stanzas. Stanza means 'room' in Latin, and I wanted there to be 'room' - breathing opportunities to receive thoughts and have time to come out of them before starting again at the left margin. ”
You take every opportunity you have to win a trophy. That is always the goal, and winning makes it a little bit easier the next time. ”
You have pundits and fans from other teams who will say loads of things and it goes past me. That's life. ”
I'm a big fan of 'Prison Break' - I've watched it eight times. ”
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. ”
It's time for grassroots citizens to have a president that's focused on them rather than the super PACs. ”
It's time we had a president who stood up for American workers first. ”