Richard Thompson Quotes

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

Richard Thompson

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PeopleMeGuitarOpenBecauseWhole

People have different points of view and different opinions, and they struggle themselves with change.

Jim Gray

ChangeStrugglePeopleViewOpinions

I feel uncomfortable when I think about my father listening to my records, because I don't want to hurt him.

John Grant

FatherListeningThinkHurtFeel

Children are primed to take in something of more moral value than they're getting. I know I'm blowing my own horn here, but 'E.T.' had value to it in terms of the feeling about yourself that you walked away with.

Melissa Mathison

ChildrenYourselfValueYouMoral

I happen to go for the simplest, most ordinary things. The extraordinary doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in psychotics. I'm interested in the person you don't expect to have a story. I like Everyman.

John Hughes

MeStoryYouPersonGoHappen

If you want to be taken seriously and gain credibility, you really do have to try and write yourself. I don't want to do an album of covers and stuff.

Amy Nuttall

YourselfYouWantSeriouslyTry

I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people.

Slick Rick

PeopleThinkI ThinkShouldPulpit

Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly.

Robert Dallek

WinningToolsFlatteryPrincipalHe

I love to argue and share bright ideas in a rehearsal room, and when you live with somebody who is working on the same show, the delight can go on all evening!

Roger Rees

LoveLiveIdeasEveningYouGo

I try to do one thing a day that makes me proud of myself.

Rita Ora

MyselfDayMeProudTryOne Thing

I have nine children. Four of my children are adopted. We talk about those who have nothing. My children started with nothing, some of them.

Matt Bevin

ChildrenNothingTalkStartedFour

I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so I'd love to find - and real too. Not necessarily the superhero perfect archetype of what an action hero is represented as a lot of times. I would love to find that kind of action heroine role to play.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

LoveHeroActionThinkPerfectPlay

It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal.

Joseph Pulitzer

GreatManPersonNothingGetDeal

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