J. August Richards Quotes
I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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We have nine hungry Rottweilers on the farm.
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The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.
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People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureheads, objects, like queens. It's a powerful yet politically powerless role.
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As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had a vague idea of what I wanted to tell and then the dialogue just came to me as I was inking the page.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
