Richard Rogers Quotes
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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All human beings are, in fact, born with dozens of mutations their parents lacked, and a few of those mutations could well be lethal if we didn't have two copies of every gene, so one can pick up the slack if the other malfunctions.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.
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I am not a party person.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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I had seen a Pfizer's pilot plant in 1965 and decided that, 'I'll build a Pfizer.' If not Pfizer, I have built Dr Reddy's, which is no less respectable.
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I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.
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I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.
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I've been singing since I was born. It's something I do everywhere I go. In the shower, walking down the street. I don't need any impetus to do it. I just sing.
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America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.
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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.
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Rape is an outrage that cannot be tolerated in a civilized society. Yet feminism, which has waged a crusade for rape to be taken more seriously, has put young women in danger by hiding the truth about sex from them.
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Start with a shovel, wind up with a spoon
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Co-sponsoring a bill is fairly easy, like a group project which you work on with others.
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If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it.
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I had no fashion sense when I started out.
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When you try to build a team, you need a mix of talent.
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Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.
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We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
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I want to be around these positive, expressive people who are doing something different and who also want to get the hell out of there and don't want to be around basic human bullshit.
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Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel's history, so clearly there's going to be a correlation.
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I'm most active on Instagram, then Twitter, and then Facebook. I haven't opened up Snapchat for the public; it's only for my friends.
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My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.
