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> [If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/if-you-look-closely-enough-amid-the-merciless-and-the-bitter-there-is/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

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## More by Bob Greene

> [“Set backs are bumps in the road, they are not the end of the roads.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/set-backs-are-bumps-in-the-road-they-are-not-the-end-of-the-roads/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [We were made to exercise. We feel better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/we-were-made-to-exercise-we-feel-better/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [“If you have any kind of habit that is more powerful then God within you, then it is your God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/if-you-have-any-kind-of-habit-that-is-more-powerful-then-god-within/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/i-continue-to-enjoy-looking-for-stories-and-trying-to-do-the-best-job/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/the-professionalism-of-wire-service-reporters-is-constantly-being/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/baseball-hasn-t-been-the-national-pastime-for-many-years-now-no-sport/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/the-meat-and-potatoes-work-of-world-journalism-is-performed-by-the/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/i-love-caribbean-food-it-s-a-great-melting-pot-of-so-many-cultures/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [“...the reward centers of the brain--where the pleasure of those high-calorie foods registers--also respond to other substances that bring about pleasure…But those reward centers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/the-reward-centers-of-the-brain-where-the-pleasure-of-those-high/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/if-you-look-closely-enough-amid-the-merciless-and-the-bitter-there-is/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [“Successful people make commitments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/successful-people-make-commitments/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [“Theres no shortcuts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/theres-no-shortcuts/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

> [I was very good at my work and I wasn't real good at my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-greene/i-was-very-good-at-my-work-and-i-wasn-t-real-good-at-my-life/)

[Bob Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-greene/)

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