"I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better record than you would of anybody else in any other business because we love the game and have a passion for it."

-- Ernie Harwell

#Passion Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Games Quotes

“It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.”
“No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. It is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility to his country; and creates upon his conscience a deep sense of duty, by an appeal, at once in the presence of God and man, to the most sacred and solemn sanctions which can operate upon the human mind.”
“I think the reporter or journalist is well served by having a responsibility to the powerless, to use a much-abused clichÃ©. The voice of the powerless is in some danger of not being heard in the elite discourses we now have in the mainstream media.”
“Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.”
“Regarding Ronald Reagan: In point of fact, the image of Ronald Reagan, the man responsible for shaping that decade (the 1980s), should be carved into Mount Rushmore, minted into coins, and emblazoned in a place of honor in every school child's history text as a constant reminder of this great man's contributions to world freedom, national pride, and individual prosperity. With the truth, the term 'Reaganomics' will be used only as a term of endearment and respect.”
“I've had people come up to me in the past and say they enjoyed whatever show I've been in.”

Source : "Hugh Bonneville: escape from Downton" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2010.
“I love Edith Wharton. And I love old New York. Anything to do with New York.”
“Long weekends at festivals, short weeks at home, all summer long: now that is surely preferable to the immense cost and headache of the nuclear family holiday in the sun?”

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