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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The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was the Ten Commandments. The first commandment is the most revolutionary sentence ever written. It states: "I am the Lord thy God there is no other." The second prohibits us from making images. Thus, there is a profound rejection of any goddess influence and a ban of representative art.
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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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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
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At any rate, that’s how I started running. Thirty three—that’s how old I was then. Still young enough, though no longer a young man. The age that Jesus Christ died. The age that Scott Fitzgerald started to go downhill. That age may be a kind of crossroads in life. That was the age when I began my life as a runner, and it was my belated, but real, starting point as a novelist.
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My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.
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Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.
