Richard M. DeVos Quotes
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I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
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The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world.
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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play.
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I came from a very poor family and my main dream in life was to break out of this poverty.
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Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
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Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
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I have crashed on a motorcycle that was going at 140mph, so I know what it feels like.
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In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do.
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Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.
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An injured lion still wants to roar.
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Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious.
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We do not advocate 'right to life' for animals.
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The diamond scintillates less brilliantly when the fingers move rapidly than when they undulate and pivot. Glossy leaves throw off less light in a high wind than under the calm wavering of a breeze. Brusque movements of the eye cast a single gleam, and slow movements add a thousand others.
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The Undertaker's beaten me down pretty bad quite a few times.
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I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.
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When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person.
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We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad.
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I believe we are more a product of our homes than of any other single influence.
