Ric Ocasek Quotes

People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private, withdrawn, and... distant, I guess. But, um, I think that's okay.

Ric Ocasek

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
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  • Birth: March 23, 1949

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TimeI AmPeopleMeThinkLook

Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration.

Joe Pantoliano

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More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself.

John Burroughs

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In terms of PPV, you've got to have the right dancing partner.

Andre Ward

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With comedy, if you write something for me, I'm better at it. I'm not sure I'm so good at improvisational stuff.

Robert Knepper

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Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a child of theirs, where they're being proved guilty of some crime that would drive the parent into a depression, maybe a suicidal depression.

Robert Nozick

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I would love to have my hair back and to be two inches taller - I am 5 ft. 8 in.

Stanley Tucci

LoveI AmHairBackTwoInches

Every year, I come to TED prepared to roll my eyes a lot at the beginning, but knowing that at some point in the intellectual marathon, my brain will buckle to the cascade of ideas and bend to the painstakingly rehearsed presentations.

Steven Levy

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I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.

Russell Brand

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I don't know how I could plan my career.

Mary Steenburgen

PlanCareerKnowHowCould

I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing.

Mike Birbiglia

PeopleFeelFindNewsMoreSell

We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. There's a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

Lorraine Toussaint

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I'm sick at myself for not winning more. But I am always trying to find ways to make myself a better player. I am not just turning up to make up the numbers.

Luke Donald

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