Christopher Ricks Quotes
Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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When I was really little, I listened to Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrel, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, and Patsy Cline.
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Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.
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I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it all the way down to Guanajuato, looking for his American dream. No penny in his pocket, only dreams in his head. And he was an immigrant coming from the States into Mexico. And he found his American dream in Mexico.
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I can't even tell you the anxiety I get from being around those cameras!
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Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.
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Revolutions are not made; they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.
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The thing about happiness is that it doesnt help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.
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People, your Government has returned to you!
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But for the time being and this will run through today and tomorrow and maybe through the weekend.
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I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.
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I am full of optimism. The world hasn't beaten it out of me yet. And I'm going to work very hard to make sure that they don't.
