Richard Roundtree Quotes
As much as possible, I'd like every role to be totally different from the one before.
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No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I always take a cashmere blanket, and I have pictures of my family in my passport holder.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much.
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I have a trainer, a really nice woman named Nina Greenberg, and she got me a training plan, and we go running in the canyons in Malibu. It's just beautiful up there, absolutely gorgeous. You see bobcats up there sometimes.
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The moment we realize that the only things we can intelligibly value are actual and potential changes in the experience of conscious beings, we can think about a landscape of such changes - where the peaks correspond to the greatest possible well-being and the valleys correspond to the lowest depths of suffering.
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In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.
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I knew I was outspoken when I was a kid because, whenever my parents had company coming over, they would pay me to leave. 'Go see your grandmother. Get out of here.' That was my first paying gig.
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Cheerleader roles are really not my thing. I want things that are weird or not typical.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The 'I' is the jar.
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Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research program.
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Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.
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It feels good to sing. Everybody should sing!
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I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference.
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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Many women have many sides to their personality.
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The winners shouldn't necessarily win, and the losers shouldn't necessarily lose.
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As much as possible, I'd like every role to be totally different from the one before.
