Rick Riordan Quotes
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
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I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.
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I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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We rely on editors of blogs or websites and television stations to supply us these images, and the filter is becoming very thin and very porous. The ratings race for TV and websites is incredibly fierce, and one of the ways of getting people to watch is through graphic violent images.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.
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It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And 'Top Gear's really the easiest thing to do because I'm with my pals. It's like coming home with my friends. We're having so much fun making the show.
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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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I am a big PETA supporter, and their East Coast headquarters is the Sam Simon building, and their West Coast headquarters is in the Bob Barker building.
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I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.
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I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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When I first came into the league, I followed my parents for everything. Now, I'm really doing stuff on my own.
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I'd always felt from as far back as I can remember that where the issue of marriage is concerned, individuals should have the opportunity to marry and not be discriminated against.
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Appalachia, my state, eastern Kentucky, has a large amount of poverty.
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We in no way are naive to think that just because Russia and the United States agree to reduce their arsenals, that everyone else will fall in line.
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Back in 2005-2006 when Tudou and Youku were founded, we saw the inflection point with the opportunity to build the leading PC-based video website.
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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
