Adam Richman Quotes
I'm not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety. I have a master's from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this. So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original language or that they should give up this in-betweeness that is Spanglish.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something.
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The rules I go by are: Always keep your villains bad, and keep the plot grounded and real. If you keep those stakes, the comedy will bounce off that and work.
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In countries around the world, people spend more money on food because they know how precious it is.
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When I was in Lochgelly as a boy, I went to the cinema every night - and on Sundays, I used to go to Cowdenbeath and see something there.
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When I'm all alone it's the best way to be. When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye. Everything is temporary anyway. When the streets are wet - the colors slip into the sky. But I don't know why that means you and I are - that means you and... I quit, I give up. Nothin's good enough for anybody else, it seems.
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I'm not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety. I have a master's from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this. So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.
