It PLEASES me that FRANK Sinatra's music still has an audience, because many people who have come into the music world and then PASSED out of the music world are LONG since forgotten. He has been able to enjoy this great LONGEVITY.
WHATEVER simplicity I've achieved in WRITING, I think I OWE most of it to Jean Renoir and Hemingway: simple, declarative SENTENCES. I've read some very good writers, but the sentences were so LONG that I've forgotten what the point was.
I've SAID to OTHERS that there were PLACES I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole BOOK.
I have never FORGOTTEN my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't KNOW it at the time, but what REALLY came out of my Scouting was learning how to LEAD and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in GOVERNMENT.
The revolution in RUSSIA was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the WORLD over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be FORGOTTEN in Russia.