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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I would like to thank the dog owners for having the confidence in me and for allowing me to race their dogs. There's no way I deserve all the credit.
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Leslie definitely had a great race, and so did Jackie. That's a good deal. I think New Mexico was represented very well there tonight.
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We were all very relaxed -- that's how I knew it would be a fast race.
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He's a huge, huge competitor, and today he really did try to win that race. He went out a little too fast, but you can't ever tell somebody not to try and win the race.
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I'm really glad he could win the race. Unfortunately when we go there, that's not really what we're looking for. When we go to that meet we're looking to qualify. He's definitely capable of qualifying.
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I'm looking forward to the second half of September. How could you not want to be in a pennant race with the Yankees?
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We talked about it a little bit, just jawing back and forth. He was telling me that he saw the game (against Jacksonville) Sunday on TV and he wasn't going to have any of that. It goes back to those old days.
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We just happened to catch up with her. It seemed like once we got a hit it became contagious. All those runs were with two outs so we happened to bust out at the right time.
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We wish Pedro nothing but the best going forward both on the field and off the field, ... He pitched with every ounce of his being for the Red Sox over the course of 216 games. Some of those performances were among the most memorable in Red Sox history. Who will ever forget the 1999 All-Star game? He has earned everything that he has accomplished, including his World Series ring and his reputation as one of the greatest who ever lived.
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We are bringing through some outstanding youngsters and the character they showed to get us through to the League Cup semi-finals at Doncaster gave us a real lift for the Christmas matches and I think we took that into the matches against Charlton and Portsmouth.
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