Richard Jefferson Quotes
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.
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Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
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There are times that you have a plot in your head, but then you find that the characters don't want to do that. When you're looking at the story from the outside, you can create whatever twists and turns you want. But when you're writing, you're inside the characters' heads, and you see that they may be motivated to do something different.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
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Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
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There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.
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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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I'm a huge Robert Altman fan and don't take issue with his filmmaking, as eccentric as it is. But I just think 'Nashville' was a world he didn't know.
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The man responsible for keeping Americans safe from another terrorist attack on American soil for nearly seven years now will go down in history as one of America's greatest presidents.
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Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.
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As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform.
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I'm still surprised when people tell me I look like a queen.
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Sometimes I wonder if I would've been more successful if I wasn't acting and I concentrated on other things. But I love being on set. I love working with my 100 crew members.
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Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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Nobody wins the superbowl, I win the superbowl. I am the superbowl.
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Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I'll do it.
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I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.
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I want to play for a championship team. I want to win a championship.
