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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I'll always love movies. But there's something I love very much about TV, when you shoot episodes while other episodes are still being written.
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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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I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President.
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I don't think I've ever bench-pressed anything in my life. Until about two years ago I swam a mile almost every day. Then I stopped and I lost a lot of weight because my appetite was less. I'm not skinny now - I'm spindly. I eat an extremely simple diet - mostly salmon, avocado, feta cheese, chicken, eggs, peanut butter, blueberries, and quinoa.
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The second somebody dies somebody else is born People are celebrating while other people morn Home may be home to you but to me it's foreign Even the matador don't pull the bull by the horns
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Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.
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Shouldn't the commandments be re-written? No, they should be re-read!
