Richard Virenque Quotes
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles.
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You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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I tried snowboarding, and that scared the hell out of me.
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I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
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When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as much, and who aren't as measured. They are what they are, no apologies.
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A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear.
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It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.
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One writes of scars healed, a loose parallel to the pathology of the skin, but there is no such thing in the life of an individual.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
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The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.
