In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
From Tom Bodett
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.
John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one.
Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.
I'm happy to report you still get nothing you don't need at Motel 6, and, therefore, you don't have to pay for it. I don't need valet parking. If I can drive the old crate 300 miles to the hotel all by myself, I can certainly handle the last nine feet to the parking space.
I come from very common stock, and I've always been uncomfortable with pretension and all the forms it can take, including disingenuous broadcasting.
People feel vulnerable when they travel. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of or talked into something they don't want. Staying at Motel 6 makes you feel smarter. In fact, I think it actually means you are smarter, but I have no hard data to support that.
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