Richard Ford Quotes

There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

Richard Ford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1944

Topics

LifeBuildingDoingYouSaidBecome

Is it possible to run a big industrial corporation in a benevolent fashion? We see these days that even the hippest companies hide some rotten practices to make their profit margins work.

Ann Nocenti

WorkFashionHideProfitRunSee

I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics.

Rose McGowan

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The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing.

LP

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Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list.

Brit Hume

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I always try to boost everyone's spirits.

Asdrubal Cabrera

TryAlwaysEveryoneSpiritsBoost

What interests me is whatever it is that allows the heart to continue to yearn for something the intelligence knows is impossible to have: a lost love, a shelter from life's blows, the return of a time past, even a connection to the dead.

Alice McDermott

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BUT, in terms of attractiveness, speaking in terms of physical aspects only I think that Argentinean, Italian, Mexican, and Spanish men are among the most attractive men.

Alicia Machado

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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.

William Hazlitt

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The anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001, and September 11, 2012, is a day to remember those who died and suffered. It is also an opportunity to open a new dialogue on the tactics and strategies that have been successful - and unsuccessful - in confronting, containing, and defeating the threat from radical Islam.

Pete Hoekstra

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'Nice Guys' has darkness in it and parts that are kind of odd, but there are also parts where it's heartfelt and soulful. You can switch back and forth.

Shane Black

DarknessYouBackNiceKindWhere

I have unbelievable support among Republicans.

Scott Walker

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I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well.

Nicola Sturgeon

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