Ricky Williams (Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams Jr.) Quotes
Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not!
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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I feel like, maybe in the '90s, 'Rookie' would have been shamed for trying to reach a lot of people or trying to be 'mainstream', but I'm so pleased that our readers are happy to see me promoting the 'Rookie' yearbook on TV or whatever.
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Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans – people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.
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I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.
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People always say, 'Is it tough getting up at four in the morning?' I'm not terrible with that, but the weird thing for me is that I start to feel like a 3-year-old in need of a nap at about 7:30 at night; and, at 9:30, my head is teetering like that.
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You see Michelangelo and Picasso and you read literature. I had some innate inchoate yearning for that, but I never really saw where I would fit in. That's called art. And then something happened to pop music, which is that it became art under the hand of the Beatles, the Stones, and Bob Dylan and some other people.
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My aim is to just make people feel good and happy.
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I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the River Miljacka, which is at most knee-deep, with my feet bound in cement.
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I guess I'm a black woman with a mouth.
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I don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the most comfortable position to be the new kid.
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Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.
