He had a habit of starting enormous projects that he could not then finish.
A child’s names for his favorite rides
What has happened to us in this country? If we study our own history we find that we have always been ready to receive the unfortunates from other countries, and though this may seem a generous gesture on our part, we have profited a thousandfold by what they have brought us.
Eleanor Roosevelt – 1939
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A golfing trip with our dads
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“Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.”
William Faulkner
Presidents get too much blame when things go poorly and too much credit when they go well.
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A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.
You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.