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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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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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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We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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It was not necessary and might even have been disadvantageous for a government to claim a direct personal commission and communion of the kind God had given some rulers in the Old Testament. A working government might need the support of the Church but not of God Himself in a voice from on high.
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If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side.
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I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.
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I'm sure I'll be doing something of social or political worth the rest of my life.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'
