#w

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#freedom

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

#i #normal #normal childhood #relationships #wanted

I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

#even #i #kid #mid #still

So, in the last year, the whole cast sued for release from our contracts. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

#contracts #last #last year #our #release

Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

#beach boys #dean #i #jan #neal

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#appearances #era #financial #former #get

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it. ↗

— Truman Capote

#new-york-city #love

I think my entire career path was determined for me when I was 6 years old, watching reruns of 'I Love Lucy' on TV and thinking about making people laugh. ↗

— Paul Reubens

#career #career path #determined #entire #entire career

The moment that I realized my name was going to be said in the same sentence as children and sex, that's really intense. That's something I knew from that very moment, whatever happens past that point, something's out there in the air that is really bad. ↗

— Paul Reubens

#bad #children #going #happens #i

Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well? ↗

— Kenneth Rexroth

#did #first #hawk #i #know