Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith) Quotes
Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.
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Things are useless without practice.
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Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.
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To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.
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If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.
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Ronald Reagan's long journey has finally drawn to a close, ... optimism and ... Western can-do spirit.
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Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
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I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.
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Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!
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Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.
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Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.
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Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have rolled past and when the blazing light of truth is focused on this marvelous age in which we live - men and women will know and children will be taught that we have a finer land, a better people, a more noble civilization - because these humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness' sake.
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Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
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I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
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Our reputations do not come from how we talk about ourselves. Our reputations come from how others talk about us.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be close to what a fighter feels after jabbing and circling and getting hit, when suddenly there's an opening, and bang! Right on the button. It's a fantastic feeling.
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Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.
