"The O. Henry has become lingua franca among writers for saying, 'That guy can write a story.' It's prestigious, respected, coveted, dreamed about. It's very satisfying to be included in this group of writers. Here's a koan: Could O. Henry win an O. Henry?"

-- Tony D'Souza

#Writing Quotes #Winning Quotes #Guy Quotes

“Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.”
“Somewhere along the way we have subtly and tragically taken the costly command of Christ to go, baptize, and teach all nations and mutated it into a comfortable call for Christians to come, be baptized, and listen in one location.”
“The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.”
“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”
“In golf, just because a person is big and cut and ripped, doesn't mean they have a physical advantage.”
“We may know who we are or we may not. We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians but until our hearts become the mould for every heart we will see only our differences.”
“Everything is relative. If you want to understand a problem you look at its cause. You donâ€™t look at its manifestation.”

Source : Randa Abdel-Fattah (2014). “Does My Head Look Big in This?”, p.66, Scholastic UK
“Every country gets fired up to play us. They played well. I thought when it was 2-1 that we had some chances to make it 3, 4-1. He made some saves and we just missed some shots. They got a break on their second, and the third period I thought we had a lot of chances, he made some big saves. We got it done in the shootout.”

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