Rick Riordan Quotes

When I was in college, my parents' house burned down, and took a lot of the possessions I'd grown up with. That's probably one thing that made me realize material stuff is not really that important.

Rick Riordan

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ParentsCollegeMeHouseDownUp

I like the gypsy aspect of this business.

Jimmy Smits

BusinessGypsyLikeAspect

Puma is a brand deeply rooted in sporting lifestyle.

Jochen Zeitz

BrandLifestyleRootedDeeply

By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.

Jennifer Lopez

NatureI AmToughBelieveAm

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

Robert Mugabe

LandAskWithoutTakeGoingLonger

I am trained as a fashion designer and do not claim to be an expert architect or anything like that. I won't do something unless I know I can do it.

John Rocha

I AmFashionI CanKnowExpertLike

I am a Republican because of my military background, my pro-life beliefs, my support for the Second Amendment, and my belief that government should not grow excessively.

John Shimkus

GovernmentI AmSupportGrowBelief

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots.

Smokey Robinson

RootsMusicallyFarTooReally

If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci and all these guys making stuff in their garage.

Robin Sloan

PastLookInventorsStuffGarage

Oddly enough, Asians are a much smaller 'minority' than African Americans in this country. But because Asians are so successful, college admission officers don't feel sorry for them, so they are not a preferred 'minority.'

Mike Gallagher

CollegeSorryFeelEnoughCountry

I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.

Louie Anderson

HeartWarmVegasSpotVery

I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's because I've held it back for so long that it's made me a little bit of angst inside. It's kind of like this energy needs to come out. And there's a certain sense, you know, of freedom when I get on that stage.

Liv Warfield

FreedomMeEnergyThinkLongYou

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.

Brian De Palma

SchoolPeopleTroubleRealOutFilm

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