Richard Li Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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I am a just man.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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I definitely I prefer to sing in the car. I don't sing in the shower, maybe its because that's the one time I don't need to talk to anyone so I should just shut up, otherwise I'm just, you know, jibber jabber.
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I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.
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When you're in college, everything seems much more important than it really is.
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Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You know what? I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.
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I love to experiment with fashion. A lot of my inspiration comes from my mom. She is fearless with fashion! I love colors and anything daring.
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As with real families, my fictional family on 'Life Goes On' had its ups and downs, and as part of the fictional downers, the actors were often called to cry on cue. This absolutely terrified me, because I was a pretty happy kid who didn't have much to cry about.
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Even with the darkest and most distressing subjects in movies there's always going to be humour not far away, just under the surface. And it does help otherwise we'd just get ourselves into a massive trough of depression if there wasn't humour just around the corner.
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To be a success in advertising you must want to fill other people with a passion for possession.
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Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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I believe it's important that Hong Kong does not become another Chinese city.
