Rick Riordan Quotes

I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have to know them? No, but certainly it is nice to recognise how deeply these things are embedded in our literature, our art.

Rick Riordan

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Certainly it's a business and you've got to have a salesman, but in my mind, when you've got two guys doing the same thing, you don't need one of them.

Jerry Lawler

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My dad gave me one of his kidneys.

Amy Purdy

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Folks, the zombies are not on television - they are in Washington, D.C., and they meet at the Capitol Hill Club and call themselves 'Realists.'

Tom Tancredo

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I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.

Robert Carlyle

WorkMeProblemWeekTelevision

I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.

Robin Williams

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One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.

Rufus Wainwright

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Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.

Martin Yan

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If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

Milton Berle

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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.

Jonathan Raban

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I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

Dennis Farina

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Some of my fans have said that because I've been able to speak about my issues, that they're not afraid to speak about theirs, which is an amazing feeling.

Demi Lovato

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