Brooks Robinson Quotes
If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
Quotes to Explore
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
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I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.
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I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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C'était l'heure où l'essaim des rêves malfaisantsTord sur leurs oreillers les bruns adolescents.
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I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it.
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I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces.
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Football is more important to me than money right now.
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If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
