I. A. Richards Quotes
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
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Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.
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I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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People like to call themselves fans of fighting and fans of the sport, but if you're a fan of fighting, how can you not like watching Demetrious Johnson? He's the best at it. He's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why wouldn't you enjoy watching that guy perform? He does a phenomenal job every time he's in there.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.
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Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.
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I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of the poor, but they are usually in conflict with organised religion themselves.
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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
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Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
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Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
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There are no acceptable reasons for abuse or cruelty to any living being. None.
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Hate is a useless emotion.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear or chronological at all, even with the short story. I will just be writing bits and pieces, and then when I have all the pieces on the table, that for me is when it feels like the real work begins.
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Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.
