Richard Marx Quotes
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put out the fire that is burning the other.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious.
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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
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It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight.
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Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
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Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk song, the storytelling tradition in folk music. And so for years I wrote mostly story songs. I still do that, but as I've gone on, it's gotten a little more personal. I used to write mostly in the third person. I write a little more in the first person now.
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I like working with sound; sound and rhythm. I like the abstract more than "What does that mean?" Nobody ever says to you, "Why did you use a harmonium?" Or "What is that ringing sound that occurs here?" The questions are always "What does that song mean?" or "What were you trying to say here?"
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I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.
