Punctuality (outside of work, of course).
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View all 243 →Procrastination.
I thought that I had lost for a reason, and I thought that I was a little unseasoned and immature, and I had — the way I made decisions my first term, I got a lot done, but I was better at doing what I wanted to do than listening to other people about what they thought I should be doing or how they thought I ought to be doing it.
Vic, my wife, has over the years reduced my impatience, but anybody who has been in a traffic jam with me will know that she hasn’t completed the task yet.
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"You can't see your children for two weeks." (When I was going through my divorce.)
My father, because he's a positive man with an enormous amount of compassion. My mother passed away four days ago.
That I wasn't Indiana Jones.
A new TV series.
My drinking habits.
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