Richard O'Brien Quotes
There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.
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I'd love to be 'People Magazine''s Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.
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I'm such a foodie, and I actually think I would rather lose my hearing than my taste.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.
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Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades.
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When life hands you a lemon, say 'Oh yeah, I like lemons. What else you got?
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Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.
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Friendless, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense
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Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
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With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album you can totally hear they're trying to write a song for 'Grey's Anatomy' and it doesn't work. It's just one of those things that has to feel genuine to last a long time.
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Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show.
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My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.
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Like Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, I try to balance reality with how we'd like the world to be.
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'Dead Witch Walking' is basically a modern-day witch living in Cincinnati.
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In high school, everyone told me I had a great personality and sense of humor, but I wanted to be the girl who boys liked because she was pretty on top of being funny. I was boy crazy.
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I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.
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At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God's hand until we learn to hear Him...Watch where God puts you into darkness, and when you are there keep your mouth shut. Are you in the dark just now in your circumstances, or in your life with God? Then remain quiet...When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light.
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I think the Sixties in some ways is a barrier to young people today. They think of it, you know, what we're doing is not that. But it's partly the myth of the Sixties. It always felt embattled and small. It always, almost always, was a small group of people relative to the opposition around.
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There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.
