Adam Rickitt Quotes
I'm the first to admit I've had a sheltered life. I grew up in the country and went to a boarding school. It was all just part of the business - be nice to everyone and all that.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don't quite know for sure kinda thing.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
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College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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As quoted in The Economist (13 February 1982), p. 11
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Pain has been part of my life. I don't complain about much. When you grow up with six boys, you can't show your pain, and if you do, they'll give you another piece of pain.
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'That’s a nice speech, Trujillo,' Rybicki said. 'It doesn’t make it true.''General, at the moment, I wouldn’t place you as an authority on truth.'
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Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incredible.
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The severest trial of oppression is the constant outrage which one suffers at the thought of the oppressor. What Jesus discovered was how to avoid the inner devastations. His technique was to practice the opposite emotion... a man may not get his freedom or possessions back, but he's less miserable. It's a difficult lesson.
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I'm the first to admit I've had a sheltered life. I grew up in the country and went to a boarding school. It was all just part of the business - be nice to everyone and all that.
