Richard L. Evans Quotes
We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.
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Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
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Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
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It has made me realise how many doors open for you when you're up for an Oscar. It seems once you are nominated, it validates you as a serious director, and you become someone that people want to work with.
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I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges.
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You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.
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You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.
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Now, of course, people know that over the last several months prior to February 21st, 1965, the OAAU and MMI tried to get away from the old practices of checking people at the door for weapons. They wanted people to feel more comfortable.
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All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.
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My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years.
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You should know how to work hard but also enjoy the work.
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When individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. They're not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn down a building, they're committing arson.
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Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do those things, not only is your future going to be bright but America's future is going to bright as well.
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Circumstances should never alter principles!
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The central principle of investment is to go contrary to the general opinion, on the grounds that if everyone agreed about its merits, the investment is inevitably too dear and therefore unattractive.
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And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn’t ever feel like I’m just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly, it’s good for us all to remember that we don’t need to scheme and plot and beg to get someone to ask us out. We’re fantastic.
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In New York that probably has more lawyers per square foot than any other state in the union, more women lawyers. I mean, it to me shocking that this can happen in 2008, but fortunately, you had a governor who was sensitive enough to this outrage that he pointed it out to the nation, and is trying to do something about it.
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We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.
