Bruce Robinson Quotes
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I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
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Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
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When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
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Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
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When the faith dies, the culture it produced begins to die, then the civilization goes, and, then, the population.
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Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations?
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As an actor, I don't want to do something which I have already done before.
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I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.
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Easter is one of my favorite holidays with the kids. They get to run loose, and we always have our family and loved ones all around us!
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It hasn't always been a sweet ride. When I was 15, I almost hated racing in finals because I was so nervous. But as I got more experienced, I had to choose between fight and flight - and I've fought every time.
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With confidence, I think anyone can get a dress and make it their own. I don't think you should have it off the runway and wear it like they want you to wear it. You know, with their hair and makeup - their woman. I just think it's boring. You have to make it your own. That's what fashion is all about.
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I love being on tour; I love being on the road. It's the most amazing feeling ever. I live for it; I love it.
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You learn more doing than doing training.
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Men tend to have the beliefs that suit their passions. Cruel men believe in a cruel God, and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly God, and they would be kindly in any case.
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The envious man desires some good which another possesses; the jealous man would often be content to be without the good so that that other did not possess it.
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As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.
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In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.
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But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is a direct result of what the economic hit men are doing.
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TODD: The history of the world, my love -- LOVETT: Save a lot of graves, Do a lot of relatives favors! TODD: Is those below serving those up above! LOVETT: Ev'rybody shaves, So there should be plenty of flavors! TODD: How gratifying for once to know BOTH: That those above will serve those down below!
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I try to stay away from certain stuff - I'm not a perfect human being. I try to represent myself as much as a good person could. I stay around the positive people.
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I've always been that contemptible thing, a luxury communist.
