Rich Sommer Quotes
I abhor 'baby talk.' I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it.
Quotes to Explore
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I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned to associate books with love and attention.
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I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
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I don't know if I'm a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, 'Mum, it hurts.'
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Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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I've been engaged a couple times.
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Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
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Appreciate your heart; really know how to take care of your heart.
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I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.
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Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected.
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No man can visualize four dimensions, except mathematically … I think in four dimensions, but only abstractly. The human mind can picture these dimensions no more than it can envisage electricity. Nevertheless, they are no less real than electro-magnetism, the force which controls our universe, within, and by which we have our being.
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Never take yourself too seriously.
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.
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Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.
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We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.
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You can't be afraid to speak the truth. If you're speaking truthfully - no matter if you're White, Black, Hispanic, Asian - if it's the truth, it's the truth! And if that's what you're telling, you have no reason to be fearful, or, worry about people trying to diffuse what you're doing. Because, if you're speaking the truth, they can't beat the truth.
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Who dares to be intellectual in the presence of death?
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I abhor 'baby talk.' I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it.
