I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
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Jimmy Dean Quote
“I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.”
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