If You're Paid Before You Walk On

Sometimes, A Defeat Can Be More Beautiful And Satisfying Than Certain Victories. The English Have A Point In Insisting That It Matters Not Who Won Or Lost, But How You Played The Game.

You Learn About Equality In History And Civics, But You Find Out Life Is Not Really Like That.

I Keep Sailing On In This Middle Passage. I Am Sailing Into The Wind And The Dark. But I Am Doing My Best To Keep My Boat Steady And My Sails Full.

In America You're Conditioned To Regard Everything As A Contest. You Have To Make The Ten Best Dressed List, Win This, Win That. It Drives Me Nuts Sometimes. Who Cares, For Christ's Sake?

You Come To Realize That Life Is Short, And You Have To Step Up. Don't Feel Sorry For Me. Much Is Expected Of Those Who Are Strong.