Ric Ocasek (Richard Theodore Otcasek) Quotes
People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.
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There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
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Quite understandably, people think that if there's a six-year gap or whatever, that it's taken me six years to make the album. It's not really like that at all.
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Cinema is a thankless industry where sometimes to appear on the cinematic scenery is a thing for late bloomers and people who are very patient. The places are accounted, and the space is often unwelcoming. Money is rare, and independent voices are muted by the almost complete absence of risk takers.
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The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
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People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die.
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People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.
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I think there's a perception out there that people know me based on these glamorous photos they see of me in magazines, but I have about two hours of hair and makeup and then people to dress me, to make me look even better, in those pictures.
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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.
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It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.
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The Internet helps break down so many barriers. People start to see what's happening around the world, they feel more of a oneness and they get information all at the same time, so that helps.
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It is a lot of responsibility. But I enjoy being a father. That's one of the best parts of my life. I feel like, man, that's one of the greatest things I've got going on, being a father.
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When I was still doing indie, it was just purely art. I don't think about how much I will get paid or how much the movie will earn.
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I feel immensely blessed - not just that I'm working, but that I'm working on projects that I really care about and like. I've always been that way.
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People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.
