Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

My father was only thirty-one when he died of a heart attack, much too young for a father to die and leave his young wife with five rambunctious little kids to take care of. I was the youngest. Only a couple of months old when he died.

Lewis B. Smedes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 20, 1921 - December 19, 2002

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FatherHeartWifeCareTake Care

Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting. I like throwing my energies into various corners of the world.

Jess Walter

DayWritingWorldLovedPolitical

My mum loves jazz, and together we listen to loads of Chet Baker back home.

Sigrid

HomeTogetherBackJazzListenMum

I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either.

Trent Lott

RestProudProblemsCountryWant

It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system.

Roosevelt Skerrit

PeopleBelieveYouPoliticiansOut

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.

Ross MacDonald

SurpriseRunStructureThroughUp

I've gotten emails from people who purchased items from an infomercial, only to find out that the shipping was more expensive than the item itself. The lesson: If you truly want to order something you see on TV, go online to the product's website and see if you can find out more information.

Jean Chatzky

PeopleYouInformationLessonFind

No one reads anything. They just look at images.

Jonathan Anderson

LookAnythingImagesJustReads

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Douglas Wilder

BackEarlyPresidentPoliticiansBet

If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

David Tennant

TimeKingYouCaptainStageSell

I actually have two songs I did with Nicki Minaj. We didn't even plan on doing it that way, but it was an organic connection and just a really solid connection she and I had musically.

Ciara

DoingPlanConnectionWaySheTwo

I'm a complete technophobe. I can't even email.

Antony Sher

EmailCompleteEven

'Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. This is a guy who has magical relics and fights weird monsters and is also dealing with very basic work and family things.

Phil Lord

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