Richard Simmons Quotes
I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
Quotes to Explore
-
The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
-
Life does not owe me a shred.
-
My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
-
I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur.
-
A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
-
I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
-
None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.
-
You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
-
Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
-
That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.
-
Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.
-
Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
-
I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
-
We live in diverse communities with all sorts of people from all sorts of different backgrounds. The more our entertainment can be a reflection of the world we live in, the better it is for all of us.
-
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.
-
You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.
-
I have good stamina and good endurance.
-
I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.
-
We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.
-
I mean, look, teachers don't do their job for the money, obviously, because we pay them ridiculously little amounts for what they put in. Most of them come out of their own pocket for materials and things to help the children and all that.
-
Yes, people do come across the street to say hi, but as they approach and get near, my perception of space begins to dissolve, and a new interest takes over that is primarily emotional, and with it comes a desire to touch, which may be a human interest, but not the interest of my work.
-
If you're going to walk out of the house in jeans and T-shirt, what can you do to make that interesting? Is it putting on a bright-colored pair of high-tops or a cool leather jacket?
-
I don't have a particular go-to political blog.
-
I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
