Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith) Quotes
Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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I know that 'boots on the ground' is a scary phrase and that the Western world has gotten used to sterile attacks.
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My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.
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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
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In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
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Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
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Sudan expelled bin Laden on May 18, 1996, to Afghanistan.
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Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.
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Rape is an outrage that cannot be tolerated in a civilized society. Yet feminism, which has waged a crusade for rape to be taken more seriously, has put young women in danger by hiding the truth about sex from them.
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I would love to be on 'Glee,' thus furthering the myth that I'm a gay man.
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I think New Order have got their own sound. But what we like to do is experiment, using dance music and other things.
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I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level.
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I don't want at the end of my life to look back at just a bunch of fictional movies I was involved in that kept taking me away from the real world.
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'Guild Wars 2' is a wider world in that we have a lot of different mechanics available for storytelling. We have our personal story, the story of you, which is tailored for your character. You answer some basic questions; you make some decisions early on, and that follows through.
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When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.
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When our purpose is external, we may never find it. If we tie our purpose or meaning to our vocation, goal or an activity, we're more than likely setting ourselves up for suffering down the line.
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It's hard to boo a puppy. You can't boo a handful of puppies.
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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
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I've been a freelancer my entire career, and, at any given time, I have several deadlines for all sorts of things, whether it's some magazine piece or ad copywriting or anything.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.
