Richie Havens (Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens) Quotes
Everything I want to do, and to accomplish, is on the other side of the universe. That's peace of mind, energy, freedom. And I'm making myself ready to go, joyfully and willingly. I think I'm ready to be everybody's friend, and to do anything for anybody. It's heavy.Richie Havens
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
Fareed Zakaria -
I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
Raekwon -
I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
Rachel Platten -
I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
Ian Anthony Dale -
I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
O. J. Simpson -
Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
Carlton Cuse
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair -
Britain's passion for Christmas and huge white weddings dates from Victorian times - both were low-key celebrations before Victoria and her PR machine.
Kate Williams -
From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.
H. P. Lovecraft -
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
Sally Pearson -
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
E. W. Howe -
I worried I was a boyish shape. I always thought I might grow some, but it never happened.
Victoria Pendleton
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We all have regrets, but the thing is to learn from life.
Lamar Odom -
Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally – that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member.
Ira Sachs -
I'm not a critic. I'm an actor. I see the role I get given on the page. I try to bring it to life as best as I can.
Finn Jones -
There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
Isaac Asimov -
And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.
Edward Young -
I do not know but it is too much to read one newspaper a week. I have tried it recently, and for so long it seems to me that I have not dwelt in my native region. The sun, the clouds, the snow, the trees say not so much to me. You cannot serve two masters. It requires more than a day's devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day.
Henry David Thoreau
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[Detractors] are just wrong, and that's okay. They just don't see it yet. That's what I would tell myself to keep those moments of doubt, only moments.
Lisa Kudrow -
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
Afrika Bambaataa -
The moral issues with which Marcus struggles would be, as he points out, unchanged whether the universe were mechanical and devoid of meaning or value or ruled by deity or Providence; whether the will were in fact free or determined; whether there were or were not a future life, or any even fugitive rewards and punishments at all.
Kenneth Rexroth -
China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain.
Liu Xiaobo -
The Goldilocks Enigma is the idea that everything in the universe is just right for life, like the porridge in the fairy tale.
Paul Davies -
Everything I want to do, and to accomplish, is on the other side of the universe. That's peace of mind, energy, freedom. And I'm making myself ready to go, joyfully and willingly. I think I'm ready to be everybody's friend, and to do anything for anybody. It's heavy.
Richie Havens