Doris Roberts Quotes
With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.
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All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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I was always very focused on how people dressed.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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It's kind of a catch-22 now because since the 'Da Vinci Code,' I have access to places and people that I didn't have access to before, so that's a lot of fun for somebody like me, but I'm always trying to keep a secret. I don't want people to know what I'm writing about.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.' I'd be the New York version of that.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.
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I decided a long time ago that if I was going to do anything internationally, it would be mainstream pop entertainment - and that's exactly what 'Quantico' is. The diversity is just reflective of the world today - look around you: this is what America looks like. This is what the world looks like. It's time Hollywood embraced that.
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A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week.
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I can't lie, I did a lot of really, really stupid things, and it was because it was my way of crying for help.
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For me, imagination would always provide a means of escape.
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With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
