Richard Rhodes Quotes
Writing is a craft and, like all craft, proceeds by stages: conception, material selection, rough shaping, detailed shaping, sanding and finishing.
Quotes to Explore
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I get more tired by travelling than anything.
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
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I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.
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If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.
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I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.
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The lawlessness that has swept the country must stop.
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Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see immigrants or women or blacks or gays or Mexicans as somehow separate, apart from us.
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I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.
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I think part of it is a tribute to Dimebag.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?
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There are still many writers out in the Bay, extraordinary writers like Gina Valdez, a poet who I just saw in Portland. We have young people like Eduardo Corral, who won the Yale Younger Poets Award. José Antonio Rodriguez, published by Luis Rodriguez. But there are only a few of us who are paid attention to in New York. There are legions behind us who are not.
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Writing is a craft and, like all craft, proceeds by stages: conception, material selection, rough shaping, detailed shaping, sanding and finishing.
