Richie Benaud Quotes
The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
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I think I'm bad luck for Tiger because he missed the cut in Charlotte with me. But yeah, those are two of the best players of all time. Tiger's the best player of all time in my opinion, so when he's not in the field, it's a relief because he's such a great player.
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'Twin Peaks' was huge. I mean, it changed television; it was a huge hit, and it only went a season and a half. So that teaches you immediately that you just enjoy it for the time that you do it.
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A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
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I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
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It would be pretty awesome to hear Eminem singing 'I'm a Good Girl'. Haha! Love Eminem!
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Fundamental physics is like an art more or less. It's completely non-practical, and you can't use it for anything. But it's about the universe and how the world came into being. It's very remote from your daily life and mine, and yet it defines us as human beings.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do what you do.' It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.
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It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band.
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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At the end of the day, I got to live my life for my family, for my children, and I'm going to do what's best for them.
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By 1760, the Nantucketers had virtually exterminated the local whale population.
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The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible.
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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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Voters have demonstrated time and again that candidates who buck the teachers' union are rewarded.
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I soon had to admit that what I did by myself couldn't excite me, only what Lila touched became important.
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Trust is central to an economy that works.
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I don't know how many times we have to be reminded that life is extremely short.
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The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.
