Occasionally, I would focus on a particular school project and become obsessed with, what seemed to my mother, to be trivial details instead of apportioning the time I spent on school work in a more efficient way. ↗
We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. ↗
We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting. ↗
We must never allow September 11th to become a time for protest and division. Instead, this day must remain a time for promoting peace and mutual respect. ↗
At the time I attempted to purchase the rights back for the 3 Homestead records, but the owner demanded an outrageous sum in the neighborhood of $10,000, about 10 times more money than I could get my hands on at the time. ↗
You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead. ↗