Richard Lewis Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) Quotes
I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.
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May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
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This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
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I think there's many a slaveholder'll get to Heaven. They don't know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.
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When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
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As of now, I am in control here in the White House.
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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
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To sense when a teenager needs understanding and when misunderstanding is a difficult and delicate task. The sad truth is that no matter how wise we are, we cannot be right for any length of time in our teenagers' eyes.
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We all want to be guilty, because guilt is power.
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Every book leaves its mark on you. It might leave you hungry for that kind of book or you may be satiated, and you're eager to read something else. It might send you in a completely different direction. I love that about reading.
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If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for example, the only way to be lifted out of deep regret and the pain over it is through atonement - through the kind of remorse that leads to genuine atonement, the making of amends, and forgiveness of self and others.
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Pretending to care what men think is an art. It takes moments to learn, but lifetimes to master. I'd like to believe I'm an expert.
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Tell me what you boast of and I´ll tell you what you lack!
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My mum always wanted to send me to a music school, but we didn't really have the money. So even now, I'm not a technically good singer. If you asked me to sing a particular harmony, I wouldn't know how.
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I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.
