Richard Lewis Quotes
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.
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That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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Every American, I think, should be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard.
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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
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I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
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My academic specialization is Arab-Israel relations.
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I'm tired of being considered property.
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'You’ve behaved very highhandedly, Captain Mallory. Is that the custom out here?''The custom is, sir, that those who know a situation handle it and those who don’t watch and learn, or get out of the way.'
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I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
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When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down.
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Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.
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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
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Yes, natural is good and healthy, and whole foods are important. However, experimentation is important, too.
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The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up.
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The first acting part I ever got was a guest spot on 'Chicago Hope' playing a security guard. I thought, 'Oh, this is going to be cool.' But a little bit later, I got a vague part on this short-lived show called 'Marshall Law' with Arsenio Hall and Sammo Hung. It was a poor man's 'Rush Hour.'
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
