Richard Steele Quotes
The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.
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'The Passing Bells' highlights the horror of the fighting from both sides and draws parallels between these two young boys' lives.
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It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
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Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
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Imperialism is not the creation of any one or any one group of states.
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I'd like to be an academic, a philosophy lecturer if possible. I'd do a Masters in Ancient Hebrew maybe, and a Ph.D. hopefully, if I get in.
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We believe in healthy, hearty laughter -- at the expense of the whole human race, if needs be. Needs be.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is facilitated. If the past is cut off, the future does not exist.
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I've really only had one (dream) since I got into this business at 13 years old, which was to be in this business forever. Once I did my first television commercial, I caught that itch and that bug. I want to be a part of pieces of art - as far as cinema is concerned - that people will want to see for generations to come. That's my dream.
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If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course.
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The great thing about starting golf in your forties is that you can start golf in your forties. You can start other things in your forties but generally your wife makes you stop them, as Bill Clinton found out.
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Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.
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Their [Phoenix] audience wasn't into us at all. The way most of the venues worked was there was no alcohol on the floor so usually during our set most people were in the lobby getting their drink on.
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Language is magic: it makes things appear and disappear.
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The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
