Rachel Riley Quotes
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Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.
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Originally, I was in both software and in online computing. The first innovation really was sort of at that time that we're marrying the telephone and the computer so that people wouldn't have to drive to the computer center. We didn't have $1,000 computers.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory.
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All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.
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A lot of comedians are selfish.
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I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death.
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On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.
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You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.
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People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness.
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Acting is a different beast on screen. I'm excited to explore that. But, of course, it's an honor to be part of the Broadway community. It's a dream just to be here.
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Ultimately, even if you follow the advice of a mentor or board member, it's still your fault if they were wrong!
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.
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Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah Tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say
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[She wasn't] a logically reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in heaven as high as heads.
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I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.
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Even though you picture Russians as stoic, their language is really poetic.
