"My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk."

-- Al McGuire

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“Our military, police forces, fire fighters ... those are the real Hall of Famers.”
“Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.”
“Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn't get it.”
“I'm not fighting for the Marlboro-ization of marijuana.”
“Gay women are lesbians, and gay men are what? They deserve an identifier, like 'kissboys.'”
“Hesitation will get you killed.”
“Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant.”

Source : Washington Irving (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)”, p.159, Delphi Classics
“My original book [Straight to the Heart: Political Cantos] was 1,700 pages. The first editor brought it down to 700; there was a lot that didn't make it in. But at last it's finished. I had a hard time signing off on it. And I was worried about it hurting anyone I loved even indirectly. I sat in my room afterwards for two hours wondering what I had done. I wondered about it being judged and if people would understand.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

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