My kids feel vindicated. Losing the dual meet to Valley was rough. They weren't too good of sports after beating us, and my kids didn't forget that.


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He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her l...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without miss...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
He had a winning smile and it was evident that he didn't think he was any better than anybody else e...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to d...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
DAN QUAYLE
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put you...
DAN GABLE
I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You ...
DAN MARINO
I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
DAN QUAYLE
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so...
DAN RATHER
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has chang...
DAN RATHER
We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We ar...
DAN QUAYLE
We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
DAN GABLE
When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people ...
DAN PINK
I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I&...
DAN WHELDON
My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island'...
DAN SHECHTMAN
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be ...
DAN QUAYLE
Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
DAN KAMINSKY
I can only tell you that eggs, country ham, biscuits, a pot of coffee, a morning paper, a table by t...
DAN JENKINS
The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing m...
DAN JENKINS
Vijay Singh won a playoff in 2004 at Whistling Straits after a final-round 76, which was the highest...
DAN JENKINS
Look at kids playing with blocks. I think it's in everyone's DNA to want to be a builder.
DAN PHILLIPS
The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star,...
DAN JENKINS
I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
DAN QUINN
I think I've interviewed probably 1,500 people in my 24-year business career.
DAN GILBERT
I cannot emphasize just how dangerous it is cycling in the city. Especially now. Even though it is a...
DAN HILL
When I'm not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I'm ...
DAN HILL
I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I do...
DAN HILL
When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listen...
DAN HILL
Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of ...
DAN HILL
The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best w...
DAN HILL
My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
DAN HILL
One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew ...
DAN HILL
I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy...
DAN HILL
When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Fra...
DAN HILL
With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want hi...
DAN HILL
I got the big BMW X5, and I didn't like it. It was just too big, and I didn't feel comfortab...
DAN HILL
In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our we...
DAN HILL
Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kan...
DAN HILL
When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop s...
DAN HILL
Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress i...
DAN HILL
Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.
DAN HILL
Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a hou...
DAN HILL
If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilit...
DAN HILL
At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen i...
DAN HILL
To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by...
DAN HILL