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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I started working at Bravo in 2005, when I was offered a job by Lauren Zalaznick, the network's chairman. She encouraged me to start a blog. I wrote behind-the-scenes gossip about 'Battle of the Network Reality Stars,' the first show I took on as head of current programming.
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All Americans should be exempt from the atrocities of Obamacare - no exception.
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I did read all my old diaries and was quite surprised by the overwhelming melancholic tone. I remember things being rosier than they really were.
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I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.
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My nickname was Skinabo - 'skin and bones.'
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Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.
