Slick Rick (Richard Martin Lloyd Walters) Quotes
Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky: R: Ravishing, I: Impress, C: Courageous or Careless, K: for the Kangols which I've got, That I wear everyday and Y: Why not?
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.
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Dartmoor proper consists of that upland region of granite, rising to nearly 2,000 feet above the sea, and actually shooting above that height at a few points, which is the nursery of many of the rivers of Devon.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff.
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There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
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A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.
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I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
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You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you've got a winning cause.
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I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start.
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Great businessmen are creators.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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I cry a lot because I miss people.
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Even when you look at, like, movies with some of our famous celebrities, they don't really cry and bring out their tears until, like, forced.
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We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
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I was a gymnast for years.
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The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.
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To read is to have experiences; every book changes my life at least a little bit. The first time I can remember this happening was when I was 10, with a biography of Thomas Edison.
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I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.
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Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.
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Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky: R: Ravishing, I: Impress, C: Courageous or Careless, K: for the Kangols which I've got, That I wear everyday and Y: Why not?
