We can't have anything to do with you." (Laughter) So I paid for coffee that day — (Laughter) — and his parting comment as we shook hands was, "Listen, if you happen to raise any money out of this, we'll gladly take it." (Laughter) So my lesson that year was persistence.
Mums ar tevi nevar būt nekāda sakara.” (Smiekli) Tā nu todien es maksāju par kafiju, — (Smiekli) — un viņa komentārs atvadoties bija: „Klausies, ja jūs šādā veidā tomēr savācat kaut kādus ziedojumus, mēs labprāt tos pieņemsim.” (Smiekli) Mana tā gada mācība bija neatlaidība.