Scott Rigell Quotes

I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I've got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long.

Scott Rigell

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HealthLimitsThinkRetirementLong

I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please.

Jim Lampley

FatherRelationshipHeartDayThink

When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.

John Baldessari

ArtJobSchoolFunHaving FunGet

In Haiti, as I understand it, storytelling and history itself are not a business of necessarily elucidating facts or the truth of an incident, but finding the version that is most entertaining and therefore will get retold and live in immortality.

John Edgar Wideman

LiveBusinessTruthHistoryFacts

I used to steal a lot. But I don't do that anymore, because I believe in karma.

Andy Dick

BelieveKarmaI BelieveI Believe In

The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.

Johnny Bench

BestEverythingMiddleCatcherHe

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

PatienceLearnYouFirstMustLot

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

Stanley Baldwin

PoliticsYouFindWillNeverFalse

Gradually I find that my whole soul is merging itself into this business of writing, and especially of writing poetry. I am going to try it; and am going to test, in the most rigid way I know, the awful question whether it is my vocation.

Sidney Lanier

BusinessSoulI AmPoetryWriting

I like involved projects.

Tori Amos

InvolvedLikeProjects

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Tom Cruise

LoveGreatPrideGoWayGoing

For me, the teen years were all about searching for a place for myself, wondering why I seemed so different than everyone else, wondering especially why no one could look past the surface and figure out who I really was underneath.

Robin Wasserman

MyselfPastTeenMeLookPlace

You look at the Barefoot Contessa or Lydia Bastianich, and it's just like watching your mother cooking.

Ruth Reichl

MotherCookingYouLookWatching

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