#ow

I think it helps me. You know, I've got two more meets under my belt, and that's always a good thing. ↗

— Carly Patterson

#always #belt #good #good thing #got

Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now. ↗

— Carly Patterson

#china #hard #i #i think #now

Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s. ↗

— Kevin Patterson

#eyes #fat #fiction #i #lawrence

I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like a little suspense when I am writing, too. ↗

— James Patterson

#book #did #end #exactly #how

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. ↗

— George S. Patton

#brave #brave man #bravery #definition #fear

But the dream is never forgotten, only put aside and never out of reach: Where once the dream connected boys with the world of men, now it reconnects men with the spirit of boys. ↗

— John Thorn

#connected #dream #forgotten #men #never

The heroes of our youth grow old - 'the boys of summer in their ruin,' in Dylan Thomas's verse - yet we seem the same. ↗

— John Thorn

#grow #heroes #old #our #ruin

For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#around #call #centuries #freedom #globe

I do as much debugging as possible on the Mac, but I occasionally must debug problems in the PC world, which is significantly slower. ↗

— Robert Patterson

#i #i do #mac #much #must

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. ↗

— George S. Patton

#fought #gains #leads #man #may