Ricky Schroder Quotes
When I turned 18, my agent was like, 'You should change from Ricky to Rick.' So I thought it was a good idea. Rick never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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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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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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The good thing about 'Have I Got News For You' is it's a compact show but it still gives everyone space to breathe, and everyone always gets a chance to say something if they want to. It's a very difficult show to dominate, and guests who come on and dominate always fall foul.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.
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You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are.
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I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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I knew I'd have to go to Paris eventually, and I didn't want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, 'I want to act.'
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I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
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Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!
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I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.
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There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with one job too many, who can always turn down the one they don't want.
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When I turned 18, my agent was like, 'You should change from Ricky to Rick.' So I thought it was a good idea. Rick never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That's what it always should have been, so I'm going back to it.
