Michael Ritchie Quotes
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Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
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There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music.
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Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great.
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The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing.
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And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most.
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When Pixar calls and says, 'Hey, you wanna be in a Pixar movie?' you don't do a lot of contemplating!
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I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge.
