Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith) Quotes
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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I used to be able to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But now, when I'm in a suit and tie all the time, sitting and being driven, you can just feel your body.
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When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.
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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.
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I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.
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Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.
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It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him.
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They don’t believe in liberty. They don’t believe in China before the Communists. There is only one simple, clear task: to protect their control, to maintain their governing. Which is such a pity.
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Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful to see the mind at work in such an intense manner, but, for me, it was still too far removed from my own issues.
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I was always a show girl. My parents were wonderful. There wasn't a lot going on where we lived, but they ferried me to classes and competitions all over the place. When I was 12, I came to London as a finalist in a singing competition and I was completely wide-eyed.
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I don't feel like a grandmother. I don't.
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When you are in depression, almost magically, nothing motivates you.
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And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
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I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.
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I don't know why I ever succumbed to any of it... but I liked the rush of going under. It's such a high-it's like dying. I die, but then I come out prettier.
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I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.
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Dying is no big deal. Living is the trick.
