Frederick W. Smith Quotes
Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Respect the burden.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.
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One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're not doing well. And they want everyone to be in that same category.
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I always try to find something I like about the bad guys and then try to find the mistakes and the flaws in the good guys.
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So the lover must struggle for words.
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What's right for most people in most situations isn't right for everyone in every situation. Real morality lies in following one's own heart.
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The children of the white families in town were not permitted to associate with me, because my father was committing the then unpardonable crime, in Southern eyes, of educating negroes.
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I've also gotten messages from men and women who are not the most attractive, in their minds, or are self-conscious about their weight. They're thanking me for doing songs like 'Proud Mary' and shaking a tailfeather, because they say I seem real comfortable in my skin and it made them want to be comfortable in theirs.
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The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.
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Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything.
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Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.
