- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lane Quotes
Roads, rhymes, and memorable lanes.
One quote recalls playing at White Hart Lane against well-known opponents, while another remembers a first professional gig on Drury Lane. Read Days quotes for more memories.
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- Edgar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played at White Hart Lane against Michael Carrick and Edgar Davids when I was 18.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first professional gig was 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Drury Lane Oakbrook... I was in the ensemble. I was one of the ladies in waiting, and I covered Winnifred.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
The basic rhymes in English are masculine, which is to say that the last syllable of the line is stressed: 'lane' rhymes with 'pain,' but it also rhymes with 'urbane' since the last syllable of 'urbane' is stressed. 'Lane' does not rhyme with 'methane.'
- I Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the fast lane.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
In large organizations there are discrete functions. I do this; you do that. I swim in my lane; you swim in your lane. That can be very effective for certain processes and in certain stable conditions. But it doesn't work in unstable conditions.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020