Richard M. DeVos Quotes
A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.
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If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I like spending time with my husband.
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
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The first important movie that I did, I shaved my head for the movie. When the hair grew back, I had white hair for the first time in my life.
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What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
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I love color, and I'm very inspired by curvy women and helping them feel good in their clothes.
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For me, the exhausting thing about touring is the sitting around, which is why working on my concert music is really great - and also seeing concerts and seeing friends and, whenever possible, getting out to see a museum.
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With taekwondo, anything can happen, really. You get bad days; you get good days of training, so you've just got to hope that you're on it on your day.
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Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'
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As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.
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When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller.
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Novels demand a certain complexity of narrative and scope, so it's necessary for the characters to change.
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In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
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Tax expenditures for middle- and working-class Americans - like the earned income tax credit - aren't thought of as loopholes; they're just thought of as benefits.
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The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.
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Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's not, especially with the gangster stuff.
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A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.
