Amy Richards Quotes
I'm motivated by injustice, which is embedded and constant and wrong - not by a vernacular soundboard.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.
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I think that building any product that has a lot of user loyalty is a bit like making a sequel to a great movie or video game - people generally want 'more of the same thing, except better and different.'
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Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.
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School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.
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I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.
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I always see that there's a - from a philosophical point of view - there's the appearance of things that everybody wants you to think is happening, then there's the reality underneath it.
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I started out doing something little. I went to Africa to spend five weeks putting roofs on a building. I seen the small child that stepped on a land mine. Three months later, I'm back helping pull the land mines out. Little things just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
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A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy.
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Nothing important is done in the United States without lawyers.
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That's how it began. In those days, we had to lug around these enormous recorders and camera equipment and find a place to conceal them.
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I see myself as the mind of the business which takes care of every last detail; if you do not do this you cannot be fast enough.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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I'm motivated by injustice, which is embedded and constant and wrong - not by a vernacular soundboard.
