Mark Roberts Quotes
I was in Liverpool city center and I thought I broke one of my toes, just by jumping on buses. I put my arm in the door on the outside, and the bus just drives away with me naked.
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He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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A man should never neglect his family for business.
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If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
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Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.
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I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line will occur, and it goes nowhere; but other times - and this, I think, is a sense you develop - I can tell that the line wants to continue. If it does, I can feel a sense of momentum - the poem finds a reason for continuing.
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We're reminded yet again: we are stronger, we are smarter, we have more fun when we include each other - when we include as many perspectives as possible.
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And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.
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Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I was in Liverpool city center and I thought I broke one of my toes, just by jumping on buses. I put my arm in the door on the outside, and the bus just drives away with me naked.
