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
almost definition gentleman pain
It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain
knew men pass time women
If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
brings
It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.
dreams great guys
Wally is one of those guys who has big dreams and great plans, and nothing ever comes of them.
bowl highest interest ratings super week
The ratings all week have been tremendous. Interest in the Steelers is just huge, and ratings were very, very high. And this was one of the highest Super Bowl ratings ever.
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When I go to Houston I always meet other veterans from Conroe and while we're waiting for hours and hours we talk about what we've heard about the Conroe clinic and when it's going to happen. There are a lot of veterans and we have a hard time with driving. If there was a clinic here in town you can get a neighbor to take you.
cannot war win
We know we cannot win this long war by ourselves.
good hard people
Ulric is tough. He's a hard worker. A lot of people don't know just how good he is.
careful compete order
We have constraints and have to be careful in order to successfully compete with them.
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the real take-home-pay replacement rate that workers receive is already below 40 percent. ... Benefit reductions in a system that's already parsimonious is not desirable.
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We've started hitting the ball better the last few weeks of the season and hopefully that will carry over. These type of games can turn at any moment so we have to play sound baseball.
arsenal brilliant good scared soon
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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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.
eyes fear lips shout
The eyes shout what the lips fear to say.