The All Americans
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. R. Buckminister Fuler
Entries by jasonpartin
Danny
Daniel still prays to his God three times every day. – The Book of Daniel
Just in Time
You spend your life looking for the Friend When you find him If you find him Will you get that time back? Rumi
A part in history
“I am only a patsy” Lee Harvey Oswald “No one will ever know my part in history” Jack Ruby, I believe, though I can’t recall where I read that.
Big Daddy in Cuba
An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens. Thomas Jefferson, likely
Cuba, 2019
“When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters: one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.” – President John F. Kennedy, on the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to a google answer I copied
Fidel Castro & Muhammed Ali
“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Mr Homes
You spend your life looking for the Friend When you find him If you find him Will you get that time back? Rumi I hear you paint houses. Jimmy Hoffa
Anne
Like a heartbeat, drives you madIn the stillness of remembering what you hadAnd what you lostAnd what you hadAnd what you lost Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”
James Ed White
Lord, what fools these mortals be! Puck “Hey, Ken,” I said as Cranky Ken approached with a book in his hand. “Here,” he said, thrusting an old hardback book towards me; it was “The Fall and Rise of Hoffa,” by Walter Sheridan, published in 1972 and including stories about my Big Daddy and Mamma Jean […]