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There are a limited number
of unhappy experiences
which are not written
upon the memory
but stamped there
with a die
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All the talent in the world
doesn't mean a thing
if you can't play
the game
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James Weldon Johnson's quote is from
ReplyDeleteThe Autobiography Of A Colored Man.
The quote from Thom James is from a short-story anthology
entitled The Pugilist At Rest.
I read both books prior to 2004
-Oliverio