Clint Smith Quotes

While violence is part of what it means to be part of the black diaspora in the United States, that is not all it means to be black.

Clint Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

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BlackViolenceUnitedUnited States

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Jesse Owens

FriendsBecomeAwardsDustGather

Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.

John Gregory Dunne

ImaginationWarPeopleWorldStretch

My approach to public service is straightforward: I fight every day for New Jersey families, small businesses, veterans, and seniors and work to change the way business is done in Washington.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

WorkChangeBusinessServiceDay

When you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse.

Ron Suskind

FearTruthPeopleSayingYouOthers

For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple 'em all together. But publishers have been resistent, feeling the material dates.

Michael Musto

TogetherBookEasyFeelingYears

Beware angel investors: they can be disruptive.

Mitch Kapor

AngelBewareDisruptiveInvestors

That seems to be my superpower - really understanding what motivates people.

Julia Hartz

PeopleUnderstandingSeemsSuperpower

When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.

Chrissie Hynde

MyselfListeningSingingSongYou

It's exhausting being a woman.

Colbie Caillat

WomanBeingExhausting

In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself.

Seamus Heaney

TruthPoetryRingWithinFactLyric

On the whole, I don't watch television.

Toby Stephens

TelevisionWatchWhole

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.

Nigel Kennedy

MusicJobPresentTrySeeEmotional

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