Christopher Ricks Quotes
Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory. We've forgotten who we are.
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Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
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My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them.
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There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings.
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child.
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All you would hear every night on the news was that somebody had been shot dead in a certain part of Belfast. We lived opposite a judge, and there were always soldiers crouched down in our garden. We'd sit and talk to them, and I even used to sing to them!
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I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
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There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you can do about your representation.
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I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.
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You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
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I've always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. I'm ready to pass on to my child all the great love that my mom had for me.
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Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good.
