#richard

While it is easy to get caught up in the beliefs and attitudes of others, it is easier still to make one’s self a victim of circumstance. Victims of circumstance believe they have no power over their lives, since they are merely the play-things of fate. Since they believe this, it is therefore so. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#self-help #stephen-richards #attitude

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

#first time #hell #i #including #knew

Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#donner #exactly #few #him #hollywood

Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#assignment #began #best #cbs #cbs news

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun! ↗

— Denzel Washington

#ago #bad #bad guy #first #first time

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ↗

— James Welch

#also #anyone #become #bit #could

Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#everything #favorite #guitarists #hendrix #his

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted. ↗

— Bradley Whitford

#baseball #baseball player #because #exhausted #good

I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams. ↗

— Treat Williams

#full #i #i am #name #proud

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. ↗

— James Wolcott

#arrived #buster #carrey #clowns #comedy