Lee R. Raymond Quotes
The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I've got a condo in Miami, but I don't live in it.
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You can say whatever you want about me, I'm not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that's a problem.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a people so entirely destitute of humor, vivacity, or the capacity for enjoyment.
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
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Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
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Working outdoors in the Delacorte Theater is always challenging.
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The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.
