Richard Simmons Quotes
I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.
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IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.
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My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
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To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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You see people on the street yelling and think they're crazy, but maybe they're just happy and expressing what they feel at all times.
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We have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing with a mental health problem.
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Forget market or publishers or whatever. Just write with fire and joy, and in my own experience, those are the stories of mine people have wanted to read.
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For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.
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Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.
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I love playing Blair Cramer, and I'm thrilled to see what more they have in store for her. After playing this role for so many years, I still feel like there is so much about her that is still untold.
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'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.
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A place that doesn't welcome tourists, that's really difficult and off the map, is a place I want to see.
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I grew up on British fiction, and I write perhaps more directly out of that tradition.
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When I see a role I want, I fight for it.
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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
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I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.
