#ring

The moral and spiritual aspects of both personal and international relationships have a practical bearing which so-called practical men deny. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#bearing #both #deny #international #men

Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#assignment #began #best #cbs #cbs news

Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#age #attended #away #better #crossed

I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#i #learning #nearing #road #still

In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that's not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#discovering #everybody #honorable #made #possible

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. ↗

— Henry Ford

#been #during #get #most #observation

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter. ↗

— Luke Ford

#during #high #high school #i #school

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters. ↗

— George Foreman

#fighters #going #important #important person #most

When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother. ↗

— George Foreman

#be patient #better #boxer #boxers #brother

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#after #another #any #coming #down