Clint Smith Quotes
Sometimes sports serves as a reprieve from politics, and sometimes it serves as an extension of it.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I've been watching 'Walking Dead' with my son, and there is absolutely nothing in there I find shocking, but it's cool, and I like it.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
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Fighting disparities is very significant.
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Over the weekend, former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Rebecca Carter married each other during a huge ceremony in Houston. The happy couple is planning to honeymoon for three weeks in front of Congress.
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The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius.
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As parents, we need to send our kids back to 'old-fashioned' outdoor summer camps, which have been on the decline as the demand for sports and academics-based camps has risen. We need to fight budget cuts to public parks programs and resist closures of public swimming pools and playgrounds.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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Sometimes sports serves as a reprieve from politics, and sometimes it serves as an extension of it.
