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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These signs reflect the great pride that we Oklahomans have for Carrie. Carrie is talented, graceful, charming, hardworking and a testament to what can happen when people follow their dreams.
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I've been to Africa many times in the past 20 years, but I can't believe this is the first time since the very first Red Nose Day, that I've been back to Ethiopia. The last time I was here was just after the famine and it was crazy, there were people all over the place, kids without families, aid workers, camera crews.
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People sometimes disagree. I don't think you can have healthy relationships without disagreements and an organization is not going to evolve beyond mediocrity without them. This is not the same organization that Theo left. There was enough discord then to give Theo legitimate reasons to move on.
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People tend to lump the Yankees and the Red Sox together in spending.
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We hate surf schools. Basically, surf schools bring so many people to the lineup that it becomes hazardous.
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From a financial standpoint, it's meaningless. People can buy savings bonds now,
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I guess if the higher-ups know (what the plan for the city is), the people on the bottom don't know.
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No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles
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Many of them came from our traditionally strong sources of guests. If people used to live in Chicago and always wanted to take a dude ranch vacation, and now they live in Colorado, they're still going to want to take a dude ranch vacation.
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More and more people are going without coverage or with less coverage, and that trend looks like it's going to continue.
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No, I just thought I'd mention it to you people (the media).
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This was pretty much about one person when I took over the program in '83. But it's not that way any more. We have so many people working so hard.
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