Richard Ford
Richard Ford
Richard Fordis an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank with You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1944
CityJackson, MS
CountryUnited States of America
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This is not what you ordered, ... This is not what the law requires.
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Dear Dick, you will be missed. You served our nation with distinction and honor, ... You have left a positive mark on our government.
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A promise was made by the Iraqi side to provide us with further information that we have requested.
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If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldn't be sitting here - but I don't think I'd be sitting someplace where I was sorry to be sitting.
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That song is best esteemed with which our ears are most acquainted
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It was my hope that the defendant had learned that he had a responsibility to obey the law, ... It is obvious that the lesson was lost on the defendant.
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The highest proportion of consumers in two decades anticipate a falling unemployment rate in 2004.
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