Richard Platt Quotes
I would say that we are living in an age that is increasingly spiritually blind and morally deaf. The man who does not shout is not going to be heard.
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You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
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Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it's not a lie.
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I don't believe in murder.
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Do I trust Yasser Arafat? Of course not. Why should I? Why should anyone trust a politician, whether Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Benjamin Netanyahu, George W. Bush, or Yasser Arafat?
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.
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I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams.
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All means prove but blunt instruments, if they have not behind them a living spirit.
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There are people who've challenged me on that, but I think there still are. Not everybody looses their virginity when they're 12, there are always these girls who are sort of outside the norm, who have only each other to hang with and talk to. Who are what you would call late bloomers; they don't know it now but when they're 25 they're going to be pretty damn interesting.
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I would say that we are living in an age that is increasingly spiritually blind and morally deaf. The man who does not shout is not going to be heard.
