Ridley Pearson Quotes
As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.
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I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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There's no people like show people.
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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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I think the only time that I worry about looking good is on the red carpet.
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I'm not a greedy person, I just want to accomplish so many different things.
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High among the costs of immigration is the appearance among us of diseases that never before afflicted us and the sudden reappearance of contagious diseases that researchers and doctors had eradicated long ago. Malaria, polio, hepatitis, tuberculosis and such rarities of the Third World as dengue fever, Chagas' Disease and leprosy are surfacing here...
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Hills are terrific for running.
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I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play.
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To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.
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Very early in my career, I thought I had to conform to one style of leadership - lead by being the loudest one in the room, with the sharpest elbows.
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If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.
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I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.
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I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks.
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As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.
