I really want to do it, and I want to write another movie, and my great hope is to write a play. A person wants to do what he can't and that's what keeps you going. Failure is a great stimulus. What you realize, in maturity, is that stunning success when you're young would have killed you forever. [--Garrison Keillor]
from Garrison Keillor: The Patriot-Ledger: Garrison Keillor wants 'just enough success to keep working'
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Basketball
by G.E. Johnson
Once after dinner a woman and I walked past
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Basketball by G.E. Johnson
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A Certain Swirl
by Mary Ruefle
The classroom was dark, all the desks were empty,
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: A Certain Swirl by Mary Ruefle
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Hide-and-Seek 1933
by Galway Kinnell
Once when we were playing
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Hide-and-Seek 1933 by Galway Kinnell
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the man in front of you
by Alice N. Persons
is just tall enough
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: the man in front of you by Alice N. Persons
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Ticket
by Meg Kearney
I have a ticket in my pocket that will take me from Lynchburg
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Ticket by Meg Kearney
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Watching my Parents Sleeping Beside an Open Window Near the Sea
by Rebecca McClanahan
Needing them still, I come
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Watching my Parents Sleeping Beside an Open Window Near the Sea by Rebecca McClanahan
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When We Sold the Tent
by Rhina P. Espaillat
When we sold the tent
from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: When We Sold the Tent by Rhina P. Espaillat
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