Doris Roberts Quotes
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An egg white omelet with vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
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When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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I think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant - but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.
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Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.
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And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.
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I always work with 18 friends.
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If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.
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The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.
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I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.
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I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the ones who said it to me.
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You should turn around at the end of the day and say I really like that piece of work, or that piece of work sucked. Not, was that popular or wasn't it popular?
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An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . .
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Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It's about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That's why the director's there: to guide you there.
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My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.
