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Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth. ↗

— Will Rogers

#anybody #anything #colleges #constitutional #constitutional amendment

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living. ↗

— Will Rogers

#about #actual #how #know #learn

One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap sheet about them, you might say, 'I don't really necessarily want to hang out with this guy' or 'I would never be this kind of guy in my life.' I think it's part of an actor's job to say, 'Maybe you could be.' ↗

— Jason Ritter

#actor #character #could #find #fun

Once you develop your own style, you know when you're able to give your best. Feeling at home is part of it, and I don't think that's an L.A. thing. It's a matter of the environment and of what affects you. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#affects #best #develop #environment #feeling

That's why I felt so at home when I went to Africa. It didn't matter that I was halfway around the world in a foreign country, because all those elements are universal. And I think that's one thing about my work: It's universal. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#africa #around #because #country #elements

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way. ↗

— Antoine Rivarol

#bad #every #good #nine #persons

The worst thing that ever happened to me on stage is someone ran forward to tell me they loved me and projectile vomited all over the stage. It was horrible. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#forward #happened #horrible #loved #me

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset. ↗

— Mickey Rivers

#control #get #getting #i #i can

Many filmmakers pretend that they never see anything, which has always seemed odd to me. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

#anything #filmmakers #many #me #never

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio. ↗

— Phil Rizzuto

#because #better #i #know #like