A lead singer has to snarl out the most authoritative part, and he's also usually the best looking.
Names of barbershop quartets are always fun. We were the Humbugs, the Deep Throats, and the Broadjumpers.
"We were beer, cigars, outrageous macho jokes, and best of all, buddies...."2
"Socially, I'm about as sophisticated as a turnip...."3
"... I love our USA. I'm the corniest flag-waving patriot ever to skip along the pike. If you can't find scores of things, and folks, to admire in these United States, then perhaps loving is beyond your reach and grasp.
"My three morning rules are these: Up at 6:00, breakfast at 6:15, and at 6:30 ... back to bed. But come to think about it, my life has been mostly work. I was a mite too busy for hopes, prayers, or dreams. So here's my personal motto.
"Wish not; for apples. Grow strong trees."2
Robert Newton Peck, son of F. Haven and Lucile Peck, was born in Vermont on February 17, 1928. As Peck's father was a farmer who earned his living butchering hogs, Peck's childhood memories of his encounters with nature figure prominently in his writing.
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