#ems

They do say that the profession gets increasingly difficult, but my career seems to have been inside out. I'm playing the biggest parts now that I'm older. That's probably right, because I wasn't ready for them before. ↗

— Diana Rigg

#been #before #biggest #career #difficult

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. ↗

— Jacob Riis

#crack #go #hammering #help #his

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to what they want to do. ↗

— Kathleen Winsor

#busy #everything #get #knocking #most

And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

#certain #fact #films #i #i see

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America's power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say 'this is one nation under God.' ↗

— Pat Robertson

#been #god #great #great nation #look

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#i can #most #people #recorded #say

It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and gay, single and married. I have never been comfortable thinking of AIDS as something that 'other people' get. ↗

— Brande Roderick

#been #comfortable #fact #gay #get

On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game. ↗

— Richard Roeper

#first #game #hold #like #ridiculously

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors. ↗

— James Rollins

#book #doors #generally #i #interview

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#any #being #clubs #death #die