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.
Red Smith
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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.
Vikram Patel
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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.
Ted Cruz
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
Acker Bilk
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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.'
Nadia Comaneci
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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.
Naftali Bennett
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We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.
Xi Jinping
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Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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On certain projects, on big public projects, people definitely are interested in making them greener, but on smaller projects with tight budgets it can be harder.
Frank Gehry
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
Beau Willimon
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We've educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren't. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they're really protecting themselves. Besides, you can't protect children. They know everything.
Maurice Sendak
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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.
Red Smith
