Walk Beside Me and Be My Friend
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
—Mark Twain
I hate to quibble with Mr. Clemens, a fellow Show-Me-Stater and personal literary god, but I would amend his aphorism ever so slightly … the truly great make you feel that maybe you’re already pretty swell.
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- #1 chris
Good tunes and a little insight from Ole’ Clem and a good friend is a hell of a way to start the day. Thanks babe.
- #2 kirsten
@chris aw, my stalwart commenter. that’s a hell of a way to start the day.
Name's Kirsten. I'm a splitter of hairs, a hillbilly, a rock horns devotee, an ellipses-lovin' fool, and queen of the conceptual jinx. I'm also a geek and the grateful human of littleblackdog. I do this and that and some of the other … up to and including writing this here blog.
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