Richard Lewis Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) Quotes
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
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I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at times and then the banal, everyday context in which we find ourselves.
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I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance.
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I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.
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The human family is a great one, and the Muslim branch is certainly worth knowing.
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Strong Islamist trends make a fundamentalist Palestine more likely than a small state under a secular government.
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In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
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You see, the Greenhouse Effect is a direct result of burning fossil or old carbon fuels.
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People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.
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History is the revelation of providence.
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Oh, no. Not me, not Marshall. You want to see Marshall? I'll show you Marshall! I tried to show you art, but you just pick it apart.
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At the end of the day, if you are in Aljunied, ask yourself: Do you want one MP, one Non-Constituency MP, one celebrity who has been away 30 years, and two unknowns to look after you? Or would you prefer me and my hand-picked colleagues?
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I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren. They love it when we sing together. It's fantastic to hear them, and they really can sing. I don't talk to them so much about 'Abba' and the past, but as they get older, they will become more aware.
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Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations.
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But, you know, I just did a big trip in the spring to Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand, and that's when I bought a Kindle. I have like 15 books on this one little gizmo. But when I came home, the first night I picked up the book that was on my nightstand and I went right back to that.
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I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!
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Chicago is the only major city in the country where you can easily buy your way out of a murder rap.
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Scarlett Johansson was wonderful in 'Lost in Translation,' and then, seemingly within a couple of weeks, she became completely Hollywoodised. I was shocked. I didn't recognise her. I hope to God it's just a phase.
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I have seen my mugshot.
