Richard Preston Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Readers want to see, hear, feel, smell the action of your story, even if that action is just two people having a quiet conversation.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
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I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
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I was approached to do something for seven years, and it was a quality project. I did seriously think about it, but I didn't want to be away for six months of the year. I've never done the L.A. thing where you go and have loads of meetings; I can't say to my wife, 'I'm going to wait by a pool for six months.'
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My personal life is also cinema.
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My coaching days are now over, and I'm proud of what I've achieved.
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Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it.
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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
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I'm gonna tell you something right now, Indian people in the United States are the hardest working people I've ever seen, and that's coming from a Mexican, okay?
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Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it
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Beauty will snatch us by the heart and love us until we are raw with understanding.
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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The less you know about a field, the better your odds. Dumb boldness is the best way to approach a new challenge.
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The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality.
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While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.
Chaka Fattah -
I definitely want to go against the grain - break those rules and create clothing that is fun for women and shows their personality and just enjoy wearing it and being fashion-forward.
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I love myself a truffle. I can put a truffle in anything and make it good.
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People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.
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Save the elephants, and then you save the forest - and then you save yourself.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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I never thought of myself as like, a funny person.
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AIDS is the revenge of the rain forest.
