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RICHARD BRANSON Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort ...
RICHARD LOUV Before sequels became the most reliable way to make a buck, Bond set the standard for lavish serial ...
RICHARD CORLISS The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discour...
RICHARD DAWKINS My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.'...
RICHARD HAMMOND I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.
LITTLE RICHARD The lead dog gets the best view. The rest of the dogs view is butt ugly. Of course, the lead dog is ...
RICHARD SAUNDERS For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature canno...
RICHARD FEYNMAN I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of...
RICHARD ARMITAGE My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever si...
RICHARD GRIFFITHS I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about lon...
RICHARD SCHIFF Money is the sixth sense that makes it possible to enjoy the other five.
RICHARD NEY Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of...
RICHARD POWERS Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention.
RICHARD FRANCK It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is soc...
RICHARD DAWKINS Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness a...
RICHARD HALLOWAY Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.
RICHARD PRYOR I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.
RICHARD PRYOR I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel b...
RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.
RICHARD RUSSO Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.
RICHARD FORD To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the bol...
RICHARD JEFFERIES