O. Henry
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 September 1862
CityGreensboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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Pinch me, I can't believe it. The girls played fantastic. They are so focused and knew that this is what they wanted to do.
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Really the second (half), I was very pleased. Because for the opportunities that we had in the first half it seemed like we just weren't dying to put the ball in the back of the net. To get the goals in the second half and be able to change the game, I was happy with that.
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Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.
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Our point here is that what we don't want is for people to walk away and say, well, those are yesterday's issues and they have been or will be addressed.
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He had the artistic metempsychosis which is half drunk when sober and looks down on airships when stimulated.
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He was just telling me that he saw the game and he wasn't going to have none of that, it's going back to them old days. We made each other better, going at it every day. I had a little trouble with him in college. He was real physical. He had trouble with me in college because of my size.
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He was our last hope tonight to score points. We had some who didn't come through in the semis, and that put a lot of pressure on Matt. Give him credit. He stepped up.
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He is a top player and we will miss him - but we will also miss the man. Patrick isn't just anybody.
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He had a lot of experience in college and high school productions but hasn't been in a show in 30 years. He's a doctor, so he went on to get involved with that whole life.
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He came to us and wanted to buy billboards.
This was one of the first to come in.
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What else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
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We're prepared. We've got three sanders (dump trucks that spread sand to provide traction on icy roads), our trucks are loaded down, ready to go, fueled up.
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We took 10 days off before starting practices again. It hurt our conditioning and all our players really got tired, but I think the break was a positive thing. Our kids carry a tough academic load in addition to playing basketball and they needed the time off.