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I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?
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Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking at sandpits or tussocks of grass, and muttering in a blind, ungovernable fury elaborate maledictions which could not be extracted from them by robbery or murder. Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behavior not otherwise excusable.
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Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
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Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
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~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm, cuddling this little creature. It's been bittersweet and humbling to let her lead and to not try to be perfect myself.~
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The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
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OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.
