A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
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Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off.
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Then it's merrily, merrily, merrily, whoa To the old gray church they come and go, Some to be married and some to be buried And Old Robin has gone for the mail
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An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.
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It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
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