Richard Masur Quotes
I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.
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Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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'Ulysses' is like a big box of tricks that you can dive into. Each time you read it, you find something new.
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I think I am smart unless I am really, really in love, and then I am ridiculously stupid.
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When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
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Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.
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You are what you eat, and you make what you hear.
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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'
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Most grain foods, whether we're talking about quinoa, amaranth, the very popular grains of the day - the reality is they still are associated with a carbohydrate surge.
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I'm a lot less precious than I used to be about putting things out, for better or for worse. The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time with individual bits of music.
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Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.
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That's my mission: to make you feel something.
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Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents.
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I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.
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Surfactants allow us to protect a water surface and to generate these beautiful soap bubbles, which are the delight of our children.
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If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.
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Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.
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We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
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I think I'm lucky in life and not just in football. I was very fortunate to play for a great organization and a great team that was really good near the end of my career.
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Honestly, I'd rather hug than shake hands. I don't know where those hands have been!
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I have to say I was very lucky in this [movie] business. I was in the right place at the right time when I first got started.
