George F. Richards Quotes
The efforts on the parts of Eastern magazine writers to educate the people of the United States, particularly parents, to the doctrine that they limit the number of their offspring to three or four children, and how this can be accomplished, is both pernicious and an abomination in the sight of the Lord; and it robs both man and his Maker of their glory and increase.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
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My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.
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I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'
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I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.
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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility.
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I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.
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You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it – the population would be horrified.
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People don't very much like things that are beautiful - they are so far from their nasty little minds.
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Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.
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Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.
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Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Travel abroad and learn to live in other cultures. That's one of the things about teaching abroad.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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If you're true to yourself, you just do what you do.
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The efforts on the parts of Eastern magazine writers to educate the people of the United States, particularly parents, to the doctrine that they limit the number of their offspring to three or four children, and how this can be accomplished, is both pernicious and an abomination in the sight of the Lord; and it robs both man and his Maker of their glory and increase.
