Jef I. Richards Quotes
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Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, 'Liespotting,' no one wants to meet me in person anymore - no, no, no, no, no. They say, 'It's okay. We'll email you.' I can't even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband's like, 'Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking?'
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What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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Fitness is important, but the most important thing is how you adapt and the way you feel physically. To adapt to a new position. To try to change your game.
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I hope everybody thinks they've got the best album. I wouldn't have put mine out if I didn't think it was the best.
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I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.
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That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.
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You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up.
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
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It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
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No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.
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A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought to be according to the critic, rather than the author.
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'If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.'
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The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,For talking age and whispering lovers made.
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“When I wrote this, only God and I understood what I was doing. Now, God only knows.”
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Here's my whole marketing idea: treat people the way you want to be treated.
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Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven.'
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Until recently, the question was 'Why can't a woman be more like a man?' It should have been changed to 'Why can't both sexes be more like the best parts of each other?' Instead, the pendulum swung to the 1960s feminist lapel button Adam Was a First Draft. True enough. So are we all.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.
