Phoebe Robinson Quotes
I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I feel like I personally have been lucky.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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The first time I came to California was in January 2013, when I auditioned for 'Vampire Academy.'
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Our commitment to integrity, our commitment to diversity and inclusion, to respecting our teammates - that's what makes this business work.
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The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.
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I do see the world as being different for girls - especially now, having daughters.
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If there is no love in your heart - so sorry, Then there is no hope for you - true, true
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I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work.
