Martin David Robinson (Marty Robbins) Quotes
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I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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I talk about myself in the third person all the time. I don't live my life in the way someone like you does. I live my life completely serving only my work and my fans.
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I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley.
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I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing.
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I learned some big lessons on my first film, a horror film which was never released in the U.S., even though we sold it to Harvey Weinstein for a lot of money.
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The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever use the blade. It is there to distract your opponent. While he stares at the gleaming steel, you kick his balls to kingdom come--he's all yours. Just a tip!
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I didn't choose a word or anything. I just wrote the song until it stopped.
