Richard Thompson Quotes
People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.
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Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
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The Tea Party has definitely increased political involvement, not only among Tea Party members but among people who oppose the Tea Party members. It's been a general stimulus.
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In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions.
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There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.
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You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses.
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Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
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My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
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Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.
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Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when it comes to immigration, the single biggest contributor to population growth in the industrial world, they stand largely silent.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
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Unfathomable mind, now beacon, now sea.
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God, beam me up!
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My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.
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I'm one of 10 children, and all my brothers call me Jim. And all my sisters... well, they call me something even more affectionate. My mother calls me James, and I do what my mother tells me.
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It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists... I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.
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People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.
