Harold Ford Jr.
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And the butler took the poodle to the vet there. You're one to talk, Harold. I'll never forget second grade. It was biggest and most memorable. In second grade, I played somewhere at school, and my principal, a woman named Hattie Jackson, brought me into her office, and she said, this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you. And she hit me seven times with a wooden paddle.
And the butler took the poodle to the vet there. You're one to talk, Harold. I'll never forget second grade. It was biggest and most memorable. In second grade, I played somewhere at school, and my principal, a woman named Hattie Jackson, brought me into her office, and she said, this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you. And she hit me seven times with a wooden paddle.
I never went back to the principal's office again. I never played in the woods again. We were not allowed to play in some area, and I did it. And then I got home, and my mom used the belt. Because I embarrassed my parents at school by getting paddled.
I never went back to the principal's office again. I never played in the woods again. We were not allowed to play in some area, and I did it. And then I got home, and my mom used the belt. Because I embarrassed my parents at school by getting paddled.
If I didn't worry about my vanity, if I was not worried about my weight, I would have ice cream and chocolate chip cookies every day. But even so, I'd eat sweet potatoes. I love sweet potatoes. I only get them on Thanksgiving, really, but I love sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes. That's so lame.
If I didn't worry about my vanity, if I was not worried about my weight, I would have ice cream and chocolate chip cookies every day. But even so, I'd eat sweet potatoes. I love sweet potatoes. I only get them on Thanksgiving, really, but I love sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes. That's so lame.
1984, George Orwell. I read it in seventh grade. I got a B on the test, but it changed my life. It really got me into reading and got me into critical thinking.
1984, George Orwell. I read it in seventh grade. I got a B on the test, but it changed my life. It really got me into reading and got me into critical thinking.
I don't know. I didn't ask. I've eaten a lot, but I won't eat black olives, and I'm allergic to shellfish. Black olives doesn't agree with me. Just doesn't, whatever, it makes my, it's not good.
I don't know. I didn't ask. I've eaten a lot, but I won't eat black olives, and I'm allergic to shellfish. Black olives doesn't agree with me. Just doesn't, whatever, it makes my, it's not good.
It was Mussolini. Harold? I thought that I could be Evel Knievel on a moped.
It was Mussolini. Harold? I thought that I could be Evel Knievel on a moped.
And I went, and we went, and my brothers and I made this little thing. The ramp didn't really last, and I got, I fell off. Thank God I didn't break my neck, but it was fun. It was fun. I'm not Evel Knievel, I realize. Oh, you aren't. Thank you. Kennedy.
And I went, and we went, and my brothers and I made this little thing. The ramp didn't really last, and I got, I fell off. Thank God I didn't break my neck, but it was fun. It was fun. I'm not Evel Knievel, I realize. Oh, you aren't. Thank you. Kennedy.
I remember at five years old, my dad dropping me off at kindergarten and my mom in the drive. And I used to be able to sit in the middle of those cars and have seatbelts. I was like that thing that came down that foot. So I sat in the middle there and we pulled up and literally almost rammed into the radio, into the face. And my dad was on a cell phone. A happy memory, my family.
I remember at five years old, my dad dropping me off at kindergarten and my mom in the drive. And I used to be able to sit in the middle of those cars and have seatbelts. I was like that thing that came down that foot. So I sat in the middle there and we pulled up and literally almost rammed into the radio, into the face. And my dad was on a cell phone. A happy memory, my family.
And I've since gotten over it, but I remember that.
And I've since gotten over it, but I remember that.