Patricia Richardson Quotes
Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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If we're building high quality companies, if the customers like the products, if the technology innovation is real, then the substance is going to win out in the end.
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We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously.
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Self-taught are those without formal education. Most self-taught artists have missing ingredients to their work.
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We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
