Richard Rainwater Quotes
Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'
Quotes to Explore
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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When it starts to seem like you have popped into bed with a specific party, it makes it difficult for people to believe you are not doing someone else's bidding for them.
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It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
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Management must manage!
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It is a general truth that students of language in every era try to colonize some or all of the other human sciences.
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity.
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If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?
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There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.
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Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'
