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It was a compound of self-reliance, hard knocks, heart hunger, unceasing work, and generosity. There was no form of suffering with which the girl could not sympathize, no work she was afraid to attempt, no subject she had investigated she did not understand. These things combined to produce a breadth and depth of character altogether unusual.


Gene Stratton-Porter

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DOUG PORTER It was just heart-wrenching to see people's outpouring of sympathy and concern.
DEBORAH PORTER The bottom line is that as long as equities remain aloft, there is precious little outside of Fed ti...
DOUG PORTER The overriding story for the equity market Thursday was the exuberant reaction to Mr. Greenspan's la...
DOUG PORTER The overriding story for the equity market Thursday was the exuberant reaction to Mr. Greenspan's la...
DOUG PORTER A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect
HORACE PORTER We haven't noticed anything at all. Organizers worked things out so rallies could be held outside of...
STEVE PORTER Most gentlemen don't like love, they just like to kick it around.
COLE PORTER I don't want to hear about that, ... I know how many he's got. Why wouldn't I be jealous? He has a r...
JOEY PORTER Bikers don't seem to mind the rain. It's better than snow and sub-zero temperatures, after all.
CARRY PORTER I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State ...
BILLY PORTER It is a real disappointment to see us make so many mistakes. The mistakes cost us the game. We were ...
MICHAEL PORTER Investors need to do the same degree of comparison shopping they would normally do when choosing bet...
MICHAEL PORTER It's sobering. It suggests that there are relatively few inner cities that are thriving in the sense...
MICHAEL PORTER In the future, ... buying a single country fund will be akin to buying an Iowa fund or a Massachuset...
MICHAEL PORTER We have to assume that Europe has more legs. As long as we have those pillars, we would expect an up...
MICHAEL PORTER Now, there's more value to be unleashed.
MICHAEL PORTER Europe was suffering from a competitiveness crisis.
MICHAEL PORTER One of the things frankly we have to do is demystify (the CIA) a little bit, ... You are not going t...
PORTER GOSS Public Art ain't for the feint of heart.
PORTER ARNEILL We've got some exceptionally talented artists in the Kansas City area who have an opportunity to exc...
PORTER ARNEILL Public art brings variety, energy and life to our public spaces. The One Percent for Art Program com...
PORTER ARNEILL Of the more than 300 similar public art programs in the United States, Kansas City's One Percent for...
PORTER ARNEILL These two projects are some of Kansas City's most exciting additions to recent capital improvement p...
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