Richie Benaud Quotes

The only thing that really annoys me is when all of a sudden you hear yourself on the radio advertising Smith's tyre shop or Blenkinsop's jam. They simply can't do that. And in Australia, occasionally I have to take action.

Richie Benaud

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: October 6, 1930 - April 10, 2015

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People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

John Betjeman

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Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.

Robert Kennedy

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Most agree, whatever their party political position, that the West can and should open its agricultural markets more fully to the products of the poorer countries of the globe. They are agricultural societies that need our markets more than our charity.

John Redwood

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You have to definitely be yourself in order to stand out.

Ro James

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Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

Rollo May

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In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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When I was first diagnosed, I went out, as a book person, and got some books on cancer and looked up my version of the disease. It said that I had about a 5 percent chance of survival. I said, 'Gosh, well, it's been a good run.' What I didn't realize is that in the two years since those books were published, things had shifted dramatically.

Molly Ivins

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I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day.

Missy Elliott

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I'm a huge Michael Lewis fan.

Mitchell Zuckoff

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I think I had a superb campaign team. And I know it's always expected that if you lose, people point to the campaign team and say, 'Gee, they didn't do their job well.' If you win, they're all brilliant. And the team, in my view, did a superb job.

Mitt Romney

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Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.

Joshua Bell

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I like the Gap ad, the khaki one. I liked that.

Jay Chiat

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