Richard L. Evans Quotes
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.
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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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How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
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Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.
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We should have more invention.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
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I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.
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I think I should learn French and be a better cook - basic, really good life stuff.
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Beyond 100,000 lines of code, you should probably be coding in Ada.
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What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace.
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What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.
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Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.
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The world has been made by fools that men should live in it.
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Circumstances should never alter principles!
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Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it Without a prompter.
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When I was racing, I had learned that you can't set stock in public adoration or your press clippings. By the time I was 26, I'd heard crowds of 100,000 scream my name, but a week later they couldn't remember who I was. You're a hero today and a bum tomorrow - hero to zero, I sometimes say.
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For the gun work, I had more of the basic training from the previous [movie John Wick] and the weapon work I have done in the past. In the second movie [John Wick 2], it really went on into another level. I've done the three gun training, where you worked with the pistol, rifle and shotgun. So that all is in the film.
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If African farmers can use improved seeds and better practices to grow more crops and get them to market, then millions of families can earn themselves a better living and a better life.
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The situation that women were in, at the time, was something that Dumas doesn't really go into, but it's a great subject to look at. It's a great genre because you can do a lot. Sometimes in thrillers, you can really explore things, and it's the same in this genre.
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Shouldn't the commandments be re-written? No, they should be re-read!