Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith) Quotes
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
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I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
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In Mumbai, the air is saltier. The sea is roilier. The traffic is snarlier. The pinks are pinker. The ostentation is crazier.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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I've done a lot of roles where I'm the hero saving the planet.
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You can't be in love with a Google search.
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All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.
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If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer's character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist's presence.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.
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When I belonged to Jobbik, I didn't wear a kippa and I didn't light Hannukah candles.
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Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
