Ralph Richardson Quotes
Acting is a strange business; one day it's there, and the next day nowhere to be seen.

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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
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I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I used to be so self-conscious about my braces that people thought I was shy - I just never talked. It took me a long time to realize, whatever, it's not like I'll have them forever, so I might as well enjoy it while I do!
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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Yeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!
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The novelist has permission to do whatever she chooses to supercharge whatever's interesting in her story. This is also known as freedom.
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The earth says have a place, be what that place requires; hear the sound the birds imply and see as deep as ridges go behind each other.
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About 10 million people start a business each year, and about one out of two will make it. The average entrepreneur is often on his or her third startup.
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It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.
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Acting is a strange business; one day it's there, and the next day nowhere to be seen.