W. Richard Stevens Quotes

I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.

W. Richard Stevens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
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  • Birth: May 5, 1909 - September 1, 1999

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Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.

John Lewis

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There are lots of people I'd like to work with. It would be fun to be in a movie with Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.

Skye McCole Bartusiak

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I've always been fascinated by totalitarian regimes. I'm not an admirer of them.

Sue Townsend

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Corporeal death is not the whole story.

Tom Stoppard

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And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery.

Tom Hanks

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Without the help of my parents, the roles they played, I wouldn't be in this situation. I wouldn't be fighting for the world title.

Joseph Parker

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I decided to grow my hair out during college, and it's kind of stuck ever since. Even when I thought about cutting it or trimming it, common sense kicks in, and I don't think the fans would recognize me; people wouldn't know who I am. It would almost be like Santa Claus losing his powers.

Clay Matthews III

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Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings.

Brad Holland

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You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life.

Bob Cousy

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Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop.

Syd

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There is no doubt that there is a huge difference between human and nonhuman animals. But what we are overlooking is the fact that nonhuman animals are conscious beings, that they can suffer.

Peter Singer

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'Mortal Kombat,' the first arcade one, that soundtrack sounds like a Chick Corea album.

Thundercat

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