"I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late."

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Source : Hoagy Carmichael, Stephen Longstreet (1965). “Sometimes I Wonder: The Story of Hoagy Carmichael”

Hoagy Carmichael

#Mother Quotes #Men Quotes #Railroads Quotes

“If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.”
“It's a constant process for me to learn to take the time to really understand what hurt me and how best to address it or respond. I tend to be reactionary, and that doesn't help me or others. I do try to keep my heart open.”

Source : "Laura Regan Interview: Maranda Pleasant". www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“And still, for all the jealously, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we're together. That someone like me could find someone like you --- it renders me wordless. Because surely words would conspire against such luck, would protest the unlikelihood of such a turn of events.”
“They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.”
“It is certain that the only hope of retroductive reasoning ever reaching the truth is that there may be some natural tendency toward an agreement between the ideas which suggest themselves to the human mind and those which are concerned in the laws of nature.”
“Good suits don't come from anywhere, though - I mainly wear Armani, Louis Vuitton and Burberry.”
“The abuse of children is the worst offence that anybody can commit.”
“A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.”

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