Richard Rogers Quotes
Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.
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I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person.
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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This result was confirmed by different researchers using various experimental arrangements.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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I don't like to play the victim.
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There are a lot of people who've been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop.
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We're not Seattle East. We're our own Atlanta, and there are definitely things I learned from Coach Carroll. He had probably the single biggest influence on my coaching career.
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The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.
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I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.
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Edward Smith: Would you like to see your pictures on as many walls as possible, then?Andy Warhol: Uh, no, I like them in closets.
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20 years on I'm not that interested in charity. I'm interested in justice. There's a difference. Africa needs justice as much as it needs charity. Equality for Africa is a big idea. It's a big expensive idea.
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My history has been to grow the roots as deeply as you can before going on to the next thing. That's why it took 10 years to go from Union Square Cafe to Gramercy Tavern, and another 10 years to go from Blue Smoke's first location to its second, and five to go from Shake Shack 1 to Shake Shack 2.
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Gentlemen, start your egos.
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If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.
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Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.
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The Big Valbowski is a lot like a Hakeem Olajuwan, either he's taking the hook shot from the outside or driving down the lane on the inside, he always scores!
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I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life.
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Why is the measure of love... loss? pg.9
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Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.
