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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It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain
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It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.
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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
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We were consistently told - even on the last day - that it was going to take five years to sign Johnny. We weren't willing to do that. Our best offer was $40 million over four years.
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We were brilliant defensively, but more importantly, we were not scared to play. You see that as soon as Arsenal is not scared to play, we can play good football.
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World records can be broken any day. Who is to say I'm not going to go out and break it again?
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World records are there to be broken. I see the ultimate as the Olympic gold medal and I have got that.
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We're still a maturing team, there's still some way to go and that's good, we've got things to work on.
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It's not our forces. It's not the Western world that's going to win the global war on terrorism. It is going to be the moderate Muslim population, the ones who are the principal victims of this terrorism.
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Because of the long-term complications of cocaine use, we are looking at a healthcare time bomb,
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For a very long time, I didn't see an Arsenal team like that. We were brilliant defensively, but more importantly we were not scared to play.
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He's a very generous person. He puts his money where his emotions are.
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To manage, rather than be managed by the market, health plan executives need to be proactive. They need to look now at the issues likely to face the industry this year.
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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.