Doris Roberts Quotes
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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I've just always been a bit of a dork.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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The truth about filmmaking is you have all these ideas and you're trying to convince everybody that they should buy into this idea, but at two o'clock in the morning when you're all on your own you're going, 'Geez, I hope I know what I'm doing. I hope this idea is gonna work.'
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It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy.
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Twain is my keystone. He reminds me of my people because that's the way they told stories.
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I've always believed that the things middle class families struggle with around their kitchen tables should define my work in Washington.
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If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that.
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Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' The dog did nothing in the night-time.' That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.
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You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.