Richard Stengel (Richard Allen Stengel) Quotes
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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I got sick when I was 19, and I'd been a really healthy 19-year-old, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Does it feel like the pain after you give birth? I don't know.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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I try to win every tournament.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.
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I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.
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A gun gives you the body, not the bird.
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As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback.
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Monogamy is desirable for many reasons, especially in creating a stable, emotionally connected home for children. But judging from centuries of human behavior, it is also a very difficult standard to meet.
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That messed me up, growing up in the public eye when I was a teenager. That's when everyone is trying to find themselves.
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The more life you have, the more it's in your pores, the more able you are to be creative as an artist.
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Boys in bands are more difficult to deal with than one-year-old babies. I've been one of them, and I am one of them, but it is the truth.
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Ultimately, people do want to buy merch and tickets to support their favorite bands, but they don't want to feel like it's the only thing going on.
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Part of what makes for good writing is an ear for what we would call the poetical. Poetry itself is another thing and it seems to me to be the most difficult writing - that those people are the best writers and they lead the way for everyone else and their writing is frighteningly great.
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Susie and I choose the vegetarian way of life because for us, there really is no other choice. We must evolve as a race and as a planet, and evolution includes learning and changing from our mistakes. We will never truly grow until we as a whole come to the realization that all beings on this Earth should be treated with love and respect.
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The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing.
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If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people.
