Russell Smith
Russell Smith
American country music singer who had a hit single with the song "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight."
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth17 June 1949
CountryCanada
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What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.
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We are horrified that there have been so many stabbings on what is an evening of celebration for most people. The majority of calls that we have responded to this evening have been alcohol related ... we have seen a high number of violent incidents reported.
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A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a visit to an art gallery. Its beauty and craftsmanship are utterly wasted if you think of it as something magical and symbolic.
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A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is usually only a few minutes long.
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An Indian tribe is sovereign to the extent that the U.S. permits it to be sovereign.
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Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for.
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Anyone who has set out to invent a purely imaginary story knows that the whole thing is fantasy, from beginning to end; there must be a sense of magic created about the most restrained of naturalism.
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No matter how fine your suit and your shoes, you will remind everyone that you are not yet a grownup man by wearing them with your old college knapsack, in its nasty, nylon glory.
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Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it will be of no interest to writers with any literary ambition, as its constraints are designed to stymie even the most rudimentary impulses - even the first flickering of a dangerous originality.
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Guys think that the military associations of camo are going to make them look tough, as if they might just break out a shotgun and take down a passing duck at any given moment. I'm not so sure.
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What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are is a lot of public readings.
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Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.
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Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup.