Richard Rohr Quotes
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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It is disheartening when you read an interview with an actress, and it starts by describing what she is wearing.
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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something – history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
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I like auditioning! A lot of people hate it, but I like it.
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Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.
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I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.
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'Orange Is the New Black' was by far the most watched show in both France and Germany and, in fact, all of the markets that we launched.
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When the element of conversion with reference to a standard is eliminated from life, what remains is the irresponsible quest for thrills.
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There is nothing important except people. A person is defined solely by the extent of his influence over other people, by the sphere of his interrelationships; and morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to others, the fulfilling of one’s function in the sociopolitical whole.
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The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple – to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.
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I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'
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When we talk about kids earning commission for chores, we always have at least one parent who argues that children should do chores because they are part of the family. I agree, but if you don't involve money in a few chores, you lose the teachable moments in the work, spend, save, and give principles.
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My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.
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The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.
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The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.
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Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism.
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Obviously, everybody wants to see Tiger [Woods] come back, but I think it's in a really good place with how much talent is out there and the exciting finishes you have, week in, week out.
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It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy.
