Richie Havens (Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens) Quotes
I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.
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I never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just thought there was a recognition that they lived differently - they primarily lived on the other side of town. And we're both poor, but that's kind of it. There wasn't much explicit statement of kinship or of the lack of kinship.
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Salesmen always need something to sell.
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However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.
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I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
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We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
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What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.
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Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are - their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.
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I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.
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My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
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There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.
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Most of the fans will still be Knick fans.
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This was their ceremonial hymn: Anon We loved but would no marriage make. Anon The one refused the other one to take, Foreswore the sipping of the marriage wine.
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I want to be known by people who are knowledgeable about opera, who appreciate bel canto singing, people who have more sensitivity.
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I knew I should have cleaned that musket!
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Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.
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Shane looked faintly injured. “I make it my business to know everything about silver. And I saw your notes. I study up on everything when it comes to your boss, anyway.” There was a flicker of jealousy about that, but she didn’t have time, or energy, to consider it very much. Not even whether or not she liked it.
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I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.
