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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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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As a breed, I think artists are never 100% satisfied with their work, and we will always want that little bit of extra time to put the final gloss on it.
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'Red vs Blue' as a show has evolved dramatically. It looks an entirely different show to what we started with, but the format of the show has changed so much over the years, too.
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I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere.
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I seem fated to pass through the world without colliding with it or moving it — and I'm sure I can't tell you whether the fate's good or evil. I don't die — I don't fall in love. And if other people die or fall in love they always do it when I'm just not there.
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown any other way to process life.
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I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life.
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I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.
