Richard Marx Quotes
When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.
Quotes to Explore
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.
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One of the things I have to do, and I'm working on it, is making sure I enjoy the ride along the way. I have to remind myself, 'Take a look around, look at things, and enjoy it.'
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Reporters do decide what is news, but they don't invent it, even if they sometimes become part of the story by risking their lives in a danger zone, as in the case of ABC's Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn't make it so long.
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I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's their takes that usually win out when the stories are too complicated or, as happens, not complicated enough.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
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People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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I think more people in the mainstream, folks like Nancy Wilson and Luther Vandross, they have openly expressed their love for God, and when mainstream artists start expressing their love for God openly in their concerts and including gospel songs in their concert, and, you know, people started embracing it.
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You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you have investors to satisfy. Investors who want - who demand - a return.
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We have a failing Medicaid system, and you know who that's going to hurt in the end are the most vulnerable in people in our society.
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Égaré dans une forêt immense pendant la nuit, je n’ai qu’une petite lumière pour me conduire. Survient un inconnu qui me dit : Mon ami, souffle ta bougie pour mieux trouver ton chemin. Cet inconnu est un théologien. - No VIII
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I shudder when I think of the calamities which slavery is likely to produce in this country. You would think me mad if I were to describe my anticipations… If the gangrene is not stopped I can see nothing but insurrection of the blacks against the whites.
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The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius.
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He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.
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When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.
