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.

J. August Richards

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• We continue to be bullish on China.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • China
  • Continue
  • Bullish

• Edie Sedgwick had a cool style; she pushed the envelope for the time.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Time
  • She
  • Style

• Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.

  

  Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister
  • Music
  • Me
  • Just

• 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.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Writing
  • Women
  • May

• 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.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Great
  • Why
  • Me

• Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Best
  • Passionate
  • Courageous

• Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Nothing
  • Something
  • Say

• 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.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • Heart
  • Fun
  • Soul

• 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.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Law
  • Constitution
  • Slave

• You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • You
  • Football
  • Games

• Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

  

  Mae West
  • Never
  • Two
  • Take

• 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.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • World
  • Women
  • Power

• 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.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Life
  • Mind
  • Trying

• Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • Great
  • Kids
  • You

• To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Effort
  • Listen
  • Duck

• 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.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Love
  • Know
  • Kind

• I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • School
  • Myself
  • Always

• When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Life
  • Confidence

• I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path.

  

  Debi Mazar
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Hope

• Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.

  

  Nancy Meyers
  • Long
  • Character
  • Funny

• Nothing in this world is more inspiring than a soul up against crippling circumstances who carries it off with courage and faith and undefeated character-nothing! See Light From Many Lamps, edited by L. E. Watson, article by H. E. Fosdick, pp. 93-94 re: a serious cripple who succeeded.

  

  Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • World
  • Faith
  • Circumstances

• The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.'

  

  Idris Elba
  • Why
  • Character
  • Man

• 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.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Character
  • Best
  • Thrive