Curt Flood Quotes

Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.

Curt Flood

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 18, 1938 - January 20, 1997

Topics

StoryEnvironmentWriteMayGeneral

I've been involved with great scripts and so-so leadership, and it's clear to me that leadership is the most compelling factor.

Andre Braugher

LeadershipGreatMeClearBeenMost

Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.

Robert Schumann

ArtDayHatFirstOrchestraMastery

I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

Robert McKee

CharacterBadCannotMovieBad Movie

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

Townes Van Zandt

KnowKindWhyWriteNormalGuy

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

Tom Lehrer

EnjoyYouPlayDidHowApart

I did see the Yahoo Sports story Kevin Iole wrote about how the ratings for TUF go up when there's a women's fight in the episode. I can't lie: it felt really good to see that the UFC fans - not only MMA fans but fans of the UFC who maybe hadn't seen any female fights before February of this year - look forward to watching the women fights so much.

Miesha Tate

GoodWomenSportsLieFightForward

I enjoy theater just for the sheer excitement of it and the immediate response that you get, and how every night the audience is a little bit different; but then, it's expensive to work in N.Y., and stage work is limited, so you're just doing it for the art.

Dorian Missick

WorkArtNightDoingEnjoyYou

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

Christopher Lee

MeCareerNewUpRingsStar

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.

Cherie Lunghi

YouNeverSatisfiedHeadacheBeing

'One Minus One' and 'Barcelona, 1975' are more or less autobiographical.

Colm Toibin

MoreBarcelonaLessAutobiographical

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

Alice Walker

MusicFoodFightPeopleWorldWant

I was adored once too.

William Shakespeare

LoveOnceTooAdored

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