Frank Delaney If you ever want to understand multitasking in prose, James Joyce is your man. – Frank Delaney James Quotes Joyce Quotes Multitasking Quotes Prose Quotes Understand Quotes For a startling period of my life, I reported the Troubles in Ireland for the BBC. I lived in Dublin and was called out to all sorts of incidents that, if taken together, add up to a war – bombings, assassinations, riots, shootings, robberies, jailbreaks, kidnappings, and sieges. First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, ‘Money tells a good story,’ and somewhere in their odds is a kind of science-fiction existentialism that decrees that we, the people, know everything. In other words, betting patterns often make for good, unconscious soothsaying.
Ara Parseghian I remember when I drove into Notre Dame, getting ready for the first day of work. I had an electrical charge go up my back because I realized all of a sudden that I was responsible for the traditions that the Knute Rocknes and the Frank Leahys had set, and what Notre Dame stood for. – Ara Parseghian
Ross Douthat The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite’s entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity and upward mobility, and the promise that ‘merit’ correlates with talents and deserts. – Ross Douthat
EducationLeo Buscaglia The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them. – Leo Buscaglia
Jamie FoxxSports I’ve been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I’m convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn’t come calling. – Jamie Foxx
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