#richard

Nettelhorst School’s transformation from a struggling school into a vibrant educational community is an inspiration. I hope their story—a story of dedicated parents and innovative administrators—will embolden reformers across the country to step forward and take back their schools. ↗

— Richard J. Durbin U.S. Senator for Illinois Assistant Majority Leader

#school-reform #education

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#music #musician #richard #sounds #than

How often do the poor daydream of a better life? Plenty, no doubt, and where does it get them? It is the poor who begin with a daydream and realize at some point that they have to get up, roll their sleeves, and start doing something about those day dreams who succeed. And there are many who have. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-power #poverty #stephen-richards #wealth-creation #dreams

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