Richard Rogers Quotes
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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Don't ever call a guy first. The thing they want the most is whatever they can't have. It sounds really juvenile, but it works.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.
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People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.
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I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
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Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake. For me, it would be more than an honor to work with these talented musicians.
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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
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My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.
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I'm still wearing Target and hand-me-downs.
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
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Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.
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I don't think there's any question Temple will be in the NCAA Tournament.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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Faced with unmeasurables, people steer their way by magic. Before the invention of navigational instruments, a beautiful lady was carved on the prow of the boat to help sailors cross the ocean; and architects, grappling with the intangibles of design, select a guru whose work gives them personal help in areas where there are few rules to follow. The guru, as architectural father-figure, is subject to intense hate and love; either way, the relationship is personal, and necessarily one-to-one.
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Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.
