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Samuel Richardson Quotes

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

Samuel Richardson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: August 19, 1689 - July 4, 1761

Topics

Excellence Human Fancy Excel May Us

You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Win You Lose Wrong Nothing Some

I would say if you're young, if you're a teenager, act in plays, as many plays as you can. It's an amazing way to build your craft and an amazing way to build your presence.

Amazing You Young Say Build Way

Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.

Believe Too Much Affection Difficult

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

Change Value True Changes Consistent

I had my first stereo when I turned 12, and every two weeks, I would save up money and buy one CD.

Michiel Huisman

Money First Two Up Buy Would

I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.

Daughter Parents Looking Reality You

You hit one level of the sport, and then you want to get to the next level. Until, eventually, the Olympics becomes part of that dream, part of that goal set and the mindset of wanting to get there. And then you realize there's so much incredible hard work and determination and effort that you need to put in along the way.

Work Hard Work Determination Effort

To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.

Man Me World Run See Ball

I'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis.

People Emotional Because Firm Tap

I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do have hard times still in my life. And that's even more why it's like you know what, I'm not that different from people going through it. I struggle; I look for a better deal at the grocery store.

Life Character Money Struggle People

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

Constance Baker Motley

Chance First Right Stage Alabama

I'm still surprised when people tell me I look like a queen.

Queen People Me Look Tell Still

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