"Once upon a time I owned a watermelon."

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Source : Irving Bacheller (2008). “The Light in the Clearing (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

Irving Bacheller

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“The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.”
“It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, that governments should possess that knowledge.”
“Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.”

Source : Lauren Willig (2011). “The Orchid Affair: A Pink Carnation Novel”, p.299, Penguin
“It's me, it's my habit to perform live onstage every four, five years. In Italy, it's my habit.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. June 11, 2009.
“It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.”

Source : Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. June 8, 2011.
“I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on the strength of its own commercial judgment. If we cannot rely on the judgment of individual businessmen, taking their own risks, we have no future anyway.”

Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 215), March 24, 1966.
“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.”
“Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.”

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