“Olive always found faces revealing. Still - the bovine nature of this girl was baffling. Was Ann a bit stupid? Olive had taught school enough years to know that large amounts of insecurity could take the form of stupidity.”
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“And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.”
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And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.”
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“Exploring the mind of the psychotic is impossible - the shortest distance between two points becomes a maze.”
― The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
― The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
“The good news for the Washington Federals is they do not have a quarterback controversy. The bad news is they do not have a quarterback.”
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― Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
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