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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No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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I've loved thrillers and spy stories since I was a kid. It's probably not a bad rule of thumb to write the kinds of stories you love to read.
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If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe.
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It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.
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My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.
