Richard Thomas Quotes
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
Quotes to Explore
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I love my work but do not know how I write it.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
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I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
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To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
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Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.
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Every restaurant needs to have a point of view.
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I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
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I'm proposing … that we reach into our bodies and we grab the genotype, and we reach into the medical system and we grab our records, and we use it to build something together.
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I don't like pain.
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We are seeing a new wave of young biologists that are attacking old problems with new tools and fresh ideas, leading to new types of bio startups and creating a much-needed engine to drive Silicon Valley into the next century.
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I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
