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impossible. PAUL DICKSON Algren's Precepts: Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never
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there is a problem. PAUL DICKSON A clean tie attracts the soup of the day. PAUL DICKSON Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a
mistake when you make it again. PAUL DICKSON About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends. PAUL DICKSON Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts
absolutely. PAUL DICKSON Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the ... PAUL DICKSON Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the headlight of ... PAUL DICKSON Lieutenant Dunbar wasn't really swallowed. But that was the
first word that stuck in his head. MICHAEL BLAKE A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until
the resulting unreliability becom... PAUL DICKSON Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be
going down the drain than to be c... PAUL DICKSON Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane
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that is desired. PAUL DICKSON Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a
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reason and the real reason. PAUL DICKSON A free agent is anything but. PAUL DICKSON He was a strong guy, ... He was mentally tough, and he had tremendous determination when doing anyth... BILL SHAW Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had ... LARRY MCMURTRY I can remember that on the shelves at home, there were these books by Thomas Wolfe. 'Look Homewa... TOM WOLFE My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life.... APOLO OHNO For the song 'Truth or Consequence,' me and [bassist Mick Morris] had this friend from Salt Lake Cit... JAMES HART Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?' I still think that's the bravest thing I'... CHINA MIéVILLE The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else,and the avera... GEORGE ORWELL He had just one arm, and there were all kinds of legends that he was fighting a guy and when he coul... JACKIE BERRY When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at Jon Jones' record when he was 1... DANIEL CORMIER No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it. CARROLL BRYANT I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me ... JOHN CENA My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was ra... BRIAN GREENE My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet. LAIRD BARRON My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go place... FELICIA DAY Even though my father never made millions of dollars, he was rich in so many ways. He seemed so cont... JAMES DOYLE I remember being, like, 5 years old, and my dad took me to a Yankees-Mets game. My dad had me on his... JESSE MCCARTNEY We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a pa... ROMAN COPPOLA I collect old portraits. They're all just interesting pictures of people, and you just kind of w... ELLEN DEGENERES Why do we always begin to think about people when they die? I think we should think about people whi... C. JOYBELL C. I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste... LAILA ALI Don't save your best for when you think the material calls for it. Always bring your full potential ... GABRIELLE UNION And what good is a voice when so few will listen? STACEY JAY He's just a guy who came in and was a mature guy. He had his sights set on being the guy. And he has... GREG SCHIANO He knew all he had to do was beat the guy in front of him. He went out there and wrestled his match. AARON SARRA I don't hear a lot about elected officials that are men talking about whether they smile a lot. ... STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that... SAMUEL JOHNSON He was just a wonderful person, a jokester, professional at his job, a great partner and teammate. W... TIM BALDWIN Life is in different stages. Every stage of life is the foundation for the next stage of life.... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
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