My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.


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CHARLES BRANSON
If we go forward, we may have an opportunity to put people under oath and get further information.
CHARLES BRANSON
There may be an indication that Mr. Creswell was acting in self-defense outside the bar. He may have...
CHARLES BRANSON
the investigation is further along.
CHARLES BRANSON
Anytime you have a case such as this they're hard to explain cases, they're just unimaginable. It's ...
CHARLES BRANSON
At this point in time, we don't feel we have enough information,
CHARLES BRANSON
We are holding out the possibility of additional charges.
CHARLES BRANSON
I still consider this matter to be an ongoing investigation,
CHARLES BRANSON
There may be indications that Mr. Creswell was acting in self-defense outside the bar,
CHARLES BRANSON
The fact is that a bill allowing any employer to deny insurance coverage based on a moral objection ...
RICHARD CARMONA
One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our...
RICHARD BACH
The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
RICHARD CECIL
I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
RICHARD WAGNER
There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in th...
RICHARD O'BRIEN
I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes ...
RICHARD AVEDON
Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.
RICHARD LEAKEY
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
RICHARD BACH
Learning is finding out what you already know.
RICHARD BACH
Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
RICHARD BACH
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
RICHARD BACH
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
RICHARD BACH
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
RICHARD BACH
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting a...
RICHARD BACH
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your unders...
RICHARD BACH
I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities ...
RICHARD HAMMOND
All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds.
RICHARD BRAUTIGAN
No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how...
RICHARD JEFFERIES
Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinkin...
RICHARD SERRA
I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and...
RICHARD HOLBROOKE
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpilla...
RICHARD BACH
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
RICHARD BACH
If I never do another thing, I've met the good, sweet people of the world.
RICHARD DAWSON
I've had the most incredible luck in my career.
RICHARD DAWSON
'Hogan's Heroes' lasted longer than the war.
RICHARD DAWSON
It's important to me that on 'Family Feud' I could kiss all the people. It sounds crazy ...
RICHARD DAWSON
I never dreamed I would have a job in which so many people could touch me and I could touch them.
RICHARD DAWSON
The thing that I loved about 'Feud,' we froze a moment in time for these families that had n...
RICHARD DAWSON
They kept us on the air probably a year more than they should have.
RICHARD DAWSON
There were people I know that got upset that I kissed people; I kissed them for luck and love, that&...
RICHARD DAWSON
The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go...
RICHARD DAWSON
You wouldn't want to move if you sat next to me on the bus. Or maybe you would.
RICHARD DAWSON
It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it!
RICHARD DAWSON
And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... Go...
RICHARD DAWSON
God bless all the little children in the world.
RICHARD DAWSON
About 30 million people see me every week - I'm a happy man.
RICHARD DAWSON
Be nice to each other. You can make a whole day a different day for everybody.
RICHARD DAWSON
I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked.
RICHARD DAWSON
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
RICHARD MASUR