Mark Roberts Quotes
I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I love romantic comedies, or romantic dramas - basically anything with love in it.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I love to do during the summer. It just seemed like a good plan.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
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I spent a long time experimenting, saying, 'Here's a record that's free, or $5 if you want a nice version or $250 if you'd like a really nice coffee-table thing.' Everything felt like the right thing to do at the time and then six months later would feel tired. And I would feel tired. So that's one reason for returning to a major label.
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The main problem is to free your mind when you play. I find that in my own playing, whenever I feel any kind of tension, I'm restricted to playing the most fundamental kinds of things.
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Foreign universities have two aspects - content and brand. If we focus on the brand, we could lose out on the content. The idea is to focus on the content.
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I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it.
