Rico Love (Richard Preston Butler, Jr.) Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
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I'm anti-cheese in a salad.
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You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.
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It's better to live one day on this planet being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie.
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Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment—that which they cannot anticipate.
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As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.
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I would like my pictures to look as if a human being had passed between them, like a snail, leaving a trail of the human presence and memory trace of past events, as the snail leaves its slime.
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I don't believe in writing people off.
