Richard Marx Quotes
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
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We care about margins.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.
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I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.
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People always give me styling products and stuff.
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For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.
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When I pull into a city and I rent a car and it's Nashville, or it's London, or I'm driving in the taxi to the hotel, and on comes one of my songs, it's like, 'Oh my God, they're still playing these songs on the radio.' And you still feel tearful and very grateful that somebody still likes these songs that you made up.
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I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.
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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.
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As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
