Ric Ocasek (Richard Theodore Otcasek) Quotes
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There's a spirit of Latina women in all of my work, in the love of the body and the strong sense of self.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived in their own minds. They did terrible things to themselves.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
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If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business.
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I'm not proud of the lyrics to 'Shake It Up.'
