#richard

It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this kind of simple, swift-paced style, but the main reason for the style of my first novel is that I simply did not have the time to write sustained prose. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#did #first #fond #i #kind

Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#did #founders #george #i #iii

I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

#funny #i #lie #night #nixon

I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol, a Richard Prince, you say to yourself, '$700,000, $2.2 million, $350,000...' To me that is completely uninteresting. I'd rather go to a house where there's great art and I have no idea who the work is by. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#art #avenue #completely #feel #fifth

For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#example #himself #nixon #obama #predecessor

If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#am #dictate #ended #film #get

I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#before #close #even #funny #had

I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect Richard Nixon. ↗

— Charles Colson

#i #my own #nixon #over #own

Richard Chamberlain on The Slipper and the Rose was lovely to work with. He wore the clothes so beautifully and sang his songs so well. ↗

— Julie Harris

#chamberlain #clothes #his #lovely #richard

Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#director #jedi #much #richard #very