Richard Cohen Quotes

As a kid, I was a paperboy, and the walls of the place where we picked up our papers were plastered with pictures of former paperboys - some sports figures, some presidents, some military officers.

Richard Cohen

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SportsWallsPlacePicturesKidUp

The clothes chosen for me as a child had a strong element of the Pre-Raphaelite, muted greens and ivories, dusty rose, what seems in retrospect an eccentric amount of black.

Joan Didion

ChildMeRoseStrongBlackClothes

For some reason, I always wanted to work in an environment where things weren't so good. I'm no messiah, but I always wanted to try and make a difference where a team hadn't prospered.

Jerry West

WorkGoodTeamMake A DifferenceTry

My interest in fantasy began pretty much when I started to read.

Melanie Rawn

FantasyPrettyInterestStartedRead

As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.

Robert Sheckley

HeartPeopleMeIdeasProblemGo

Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans; so are its resources.

Robert Mugabe

ResourcesZimbabwe

Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

Maurice Saatchi

LifePoetryDieYouCancerCure

When I was about 18, I started to think that I could have a long sporting career.

Tora Berger

ThinkLongCareerStartedAbout

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

Rita Moreno

ArroganceToleranceLittleVery

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

Joyce Meyer

GoodAloneBlessingBusyThinking

I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.

Jon Johansen

WorkJobEndHandsSoftwareNiche

Well, my life hasn't really changed... I've been homeschooled for a long time. So that helped a lot because of shooting and stuff. But, I have had friends who I've been friends with for years and years and they are my true friends, you know?

Willow Shields

LifeTimeMy LifeFriendsLongYou

I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.

Philip Roth

GoodFutureCultureAmericanFinding

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