Keith Richards Quotes
It's called the mysterious rhythm of life, ... I can't quite account for it. It's probably an addiction, quite honestly. I need that shot of stage every two or three years.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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I've become more comfortable as time has gone on with saying goodbye because... I've been having so many conversations about the cyclical nature of life. It just keeps going.
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I have seen players and coaches come and go, but through it all, I have always known Cleveland is where I want to retire. But life doesn't always work the way you want it to, and at the end of the day, the saying, 'This is a business,' is unfortunately true.
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Say I lived until 80 and read a book a month seriously, that means I was looking at 480 books left in my life. If I had only 480 left, I wanted to stop sifting through material I didn't have confidence in and turn my attention to those that I know merited my reading.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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It's called the mysterious rhythm of life, ... I can't quite account for it. It's probably an addiction, quite honestly. I need that shot of stage every two or three years.
