Jeff Rich Quotes
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best. But as much as I love acting, I love cinema more. I always had a thing about creating images.
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It would be great to do another television show that was a multi-camera because the hours are so wonderful and you can be a good mom at the same time. The problem is, there aren't a lot of multi-camera shows that I personally like. My aesthetic is more geared toward single-camera shows.
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The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.
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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.
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You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer.
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A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation. Voters put tax cuts dead last, behind education, Social Security, health care, Medicare and poverty.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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I think I'm going to be around awhile.
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Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.
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I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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25 years ago, when I started in New York, I had the pleasure to cook for Andy Warhol. At the time, I could have traded art for food - I should have done so, because I could get his work for nothing!
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
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Only a fool would argue with a fool!
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Once, and only once, I walked on stage and my mind went utterly blank! I had no idea why I was there! My fellow actors had to rescue me. I was very young and new to the business, so I'm glad it didn't give me stage fright for the rest of my life!
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I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
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Never argue with a profit.
