A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.
- Ring Lardner
Mistake, Big, Editor, Temptation
Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati.
- Ring Lardner
Fire, Army, Salvation, Cincinnati
They gave each other a smile with a future in it.
- Ring Lardner
Future, Other, Each, Gave
The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.
- Ring Lardner
Game, Think, Could, Accomplishes
He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.
- Ring Lardner
Side, Looked, Dish, Ordered
I've known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant.
- Ring Lardner
Restaurant, Always, Known, Hungry
No one, ever, wrote anything as well even after one drink as he would have done with out it.
- Ring Lardner
Ever, Would, Even, Drink
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve.
- Ring Lardner
Mistakes, Girl, Curve, Optimist
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
- Ring Lardner
Important, Going, Come, Family
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