Ashley Rickards Quotes

#1. Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of retribution.

Rick Perlstein

#2. My ideal role would be anything that allows me to play anyone the public is familiar with and to be able to show them that, but in a new light.

Ashley Rickards

#3. I got to write most of everything I said.

R. Lee Ermey

#4. I love skin care and actually wanted to be an esthetician for many years.

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#5. "No" isn't really a word I understand.

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#6. While all the future, for thy purer soul,
With "sober certainties" of love is blest.

William Wordsworth

#7. I think that you never fall out of love with somebody, you just let go and move on.

Ashley Rickards

#8. I'm horrible at quoting movies! Even my very favorites are not easily recalled or programmed to memory. When people start movie quoting around me, I'm that person who just smiles and then looks up the reference later.

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#9. You must: Learn to understand what motivates the people you want to influence. Become an expert at communication. Know how to make people like you. Learn how to inspire people.

Dirk Van Loon

#10. In the West, since the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union, the one discipline both the official and unofficial cultures have united in casting aside has been history.

Tariq Ali

#11. As an actor, I think it's always important to separate yourself from your characters because, when you include yourself in a character, you're taking a liberty that you don't really have unless you're life is that incredibly close to the character.

Ashley Rickards

#12. I've always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

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#13. Frankly, the reason I joined MENSA is because I was dating a guy at the time who spoke five languages and could solve a Rubik's Cube literally with his eyes closed because it's just an algorithm.

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#14. I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#15. You can't control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you feel about them.

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#16. Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.

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#17. When I believe in something, I support it fully. On that note, I totally don't support Velcro shoes.

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#18. People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.

Michael Lewis

#19. I'll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason.

Alastair Reynolds

#20. If I feel good on the inside, I treat my body with more respect.

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#21. I'm always looking to do different roles and play around a little bit. That's always the fun part of my job.

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#22. Either Jesus had a father, or he didn't. The question is a scientific one, and scientific evidence, if any were available, would be used to settle it.

Richard Dawkins

#23. I'm sort of a reverse Method actor. In my personal life, I become my characters. After 'One Tree Hill', I started dressing in Converse and ripped jeans and hoodies. On 'Awkward', it manifests in how I speak.

Ashley Rickards

#24. My fans firstly [inspire me]. They make me want to be a better person and really motivate me when times get tough. Also Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" and, oddly enough, hubcaps.

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#25. The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.

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#26. I have everything in my house organized to an unnecessary T, and I love it! The only downside: I have no excuses for losing my to-do lists.

Ashley Rickards