The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'


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More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.
STEVE BUYER
It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence ...
STEVE BUYER
We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.
STEVE BUYER
I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighti...
STEVE BUYER
The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide ar...
STEVE BUYER
America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.
STEVE BUYER
From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best a...
STEVE BUYER
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values f...
STEVE BUYER
Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commi...
STEVE BUYER
I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's...
STEVE FINLEY
I'm a team player. But I will say that I've never been a 'yes man' in my life.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart - you must be evil.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to ch...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
Work is life. Work is opportunity.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
I do believe in tax incentives in order to move the economy forward.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you wi...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
I came out of the private sector, a life that I enjoyed. I sleep in a bed every night with a woman I...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of Ameri...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the b...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND
You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't g...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
If you can make money with your talents, why not?
STEVE PREFONTAINE
I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slo...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there,...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 me...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
Nobody likes tainted victories.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
What I want is to be number one.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took o...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that ha...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perf...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.
STEVE PREFONTAINE
I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE
It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.
STEVE PREFONTAINE