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Logan Pearsall Smith Quotes

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 18, 1865 - March 2, 1946

Topics

Life Enjoy You Achieve Want Aim

There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.

Mountain Creative Fun Risks King

Most biographers are apt to be discouraged by the sheer volume of papers left behind by their subject.

Discouraged Left Behind Most Volume

I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids in the Hall,' and things like that. Very early on, my parents realized that I was not going to be an engineer or a doctor. I just don't have those inclinations, at all.

Live Parents Doctor Night Saturday

The way the NBA is going forward with versatility and everybody being able to play multiple positions, I'll fit right in.

Forward Play Way Right NBA Going

Swimming is by far the best tonic I've found for my back. I'm not a good swimmer - I do the breaststroke or elementary backstroke in the slow lane - but when I took a two-week break from swimming I was surprised how much I missed it.

Good Best Swimming Slow Back Missed

We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.

Budget United Nations United Percent

A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.

Rest Body Done Never Right Shoulder

A physical therapist does some unbelievable stretching with me.

Brian O'Driscoll

Me Stretching Therapist Some Does

I was brought up in a family of journalists, and a mother who was deeply committed to human rights, so I think that the mix of those two huge influences have been very, very important to me.

Family Mother Me Think Important Up

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

Together Think Because Made I Think

I think that lyrically, 'Safe' is a very positive song: it's very strong; it's about keeping somebody safe and protecting people. I think everybody anywhere in the world can relate to it. I think everybody wants to feel safe; everybody wants to feel protected.

Positive People World Song Think

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

People Believe Seem Number

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