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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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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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
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Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
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If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged.
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Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.
