Richard Grossman Quotes
My books are not about different components that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, it's about creating the space around the components, which is almost as important as the components themselves. And that space changes and blends depending upon what the components are.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game.
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I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it's got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.
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But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.
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I think I've been a very good student of all aspects of being in Congress. I think I'm always working hard to get an 'A.'
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone's health. It's not only a feeling that I'm worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
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Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.
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At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.
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Real music to me is real; it's what you feel.
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I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.
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I hope you do exist. Even though hope is as intangible as belief, I am not hostile to it.
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My books are not about different components that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, it's about creating the space around the components, which is almost as important as the components themselves. And that space changes and blends depending upon what the components are.
