He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.
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Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
It was unanimous to authorize a strike if needed.
It was unanimous to authorize a strike if needed.
Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents.
Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents.
You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.
You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
Wine is a peep-hole on a man.
All of what the government said is lies upon lies.
All of what the government said is lies upon lies.
We talked about defending better and we came out and did it.
We talked about defending better and we came out and did it.
(The school committee) needs to see the death rack that we have to go through.
(The school committee) needs to see the death rack that we have to go through.
[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: read more
[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.
