Donny Robinson Quotes
I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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There ought to be a law against necessity.
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I was a bad kid. I was a really naughty kid. I couldn't read or write. And that was me punishment - going to acting school.
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There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.
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I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.
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My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off to the white house to break bread with the President, my mother, who's not a things and stuff person, stayed at the hotel and tried on 10 different hats and missed dinner.
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I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.
