Jane Leavy Quotes
By the time I joined the 'Washington Post' sports staff in 1979, Red's Runyonesque notion of sports writing was obsolete.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.
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I’ve lived the literal meaning of the ‘land of the free’ and ‘home of the brave.’ It’s not corny for me. I feel it in my heart. I feel it in my chest. Even at a ball game, when someone talks during the anthem or doesn’t take off his hat, it pisses me off. I’m not one to be quiet about it, either.
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By the time I joined the 'Washington Post' sports staff in 1979, Red's Runyonesque notion of sports writing was obsolete.
