Richard Land Quotes
The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody, why not do it that way?
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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'Crash' is a movie about the racial tension that still exists in America. A lot of us pretend that we don't have preconceived notions and stereotypical ideals about each other, but we do. And we wanted to create a movie about people whose lives crash into each others' accidentally.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.
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I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.
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I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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I love an iPad game of Scrabble.
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A lot of people in my family have high blood pressure. Dre told me I better start hitting the gym... so I took his advice.
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Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.
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We declare war against socialism, not because it is socialism, but because it has opposed nationalism.... We intend to be an active minority, attract the proletariat away from the official Socialist party. But if the middle class thinks that we are going to be their lightning rods, they are mistaken.
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I just wear jeans, big motorcycle boots and T-shirts that are way too big for me. I like anything that has lived a little bit, that has traces of life on it. Knitwear that's a tiny bit too long because you've pulled it with your hands, or jeans that are starting to get holes.
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I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.
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Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.
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I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
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I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.
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One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'
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American shows can go on for 20 years. I respond more to the British format. Three seasons is a long run for them to tell a story.
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I think you have to know these fellows definitely before you can draw them. When you start to caricature a person,you can't do it without knowing the person. Take Laurel and Hardy for example; everybody can see Laurel doing certain things because they know Laurel.
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My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked.
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Reading about Queen Victoria has been a passion of mine since, as a child, I came across Laurence Housman's play 'Happy and Glorious,' with its Ernest Shepard illustrations.
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He always wanted to run a marathon when he was at school. My recommendation was: Give it a few years after you graduate. You have to develop.
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The president took the advice of my East Texas grandmother: If you can skin a cat without getting the room all bloody, why not do it that way?
