Richard Simmons Quotes
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.
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Rauner stands silent as Trump assaults our basic rights.
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Well that's a polite thing to say but that's fucking ridiculous.
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The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much unintermittent gloom.
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One of the clearest indications of the impending loss of intimacy with one's soul is the failure to recognize the existence of a soul in those over whom power is exercised, especially if the helpless come to be treated as animals, and degraded.
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I think we're a working man's band.
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My standup is observational, but it's self-observational, and it's self-deprecating, definitely.
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The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere.
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I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.
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I want parents out there to know that it's totally natural for kids to make believe and play games. It does not mean your child is going to be transgendered. And even if it were true, why is it such a horrible thing?
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Nonfiction means that our stories are as true and accurate as possible. Readers expect - demand - diligence.
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I may be plucky, but I am not stupid.
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During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!'
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I was part of the sort of avant guard tradition of John Cage and music concrete and pushing back the boundaries of avant garde classic pop rhythms. I think everyone brings something completely different to it.
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Take your light and take your love into the world as the only weapons that we need to make this world truly glorious, truly beautiful, and astonish all of life.
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The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.
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Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
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There is no such thing as sleep deprivation, there is only caffeine deficiency.
