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Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction. ↗

— Marc Ribot

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If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it. ↗

— David Ricardo

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If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the produce which is at present raised upon them. ↗

— David Ricardo

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The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful. ↗

— Christina Ricci

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The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught. ↗

— Anne Rice

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Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books. ↗

— Anne Rice

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I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that. ↗

— Adam Rich

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With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#cinderella #comedy #fun #i #much

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke. ↗

— Al Purdy

#bad #because #broke #gave #had

My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh. ↗

— Rainey Qualley

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