Rick Derringer Quotes
Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.
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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.
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As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
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It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.
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The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
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To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.
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When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' – instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'
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The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
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People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.
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Births to illegal immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United States.
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It's easy to respect a general, but it's hard to love them.
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I want to win a ring. I want to have the opportunity to get back to the Finals. All that matters is us getting into the playoffs, because then, anything can happen.
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The franchise tag, it's a one-year deal. I would like a little bit more stability.
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Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.
