John Buchanan Robinson Quotes
The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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At Nike, designers both created and communicated the brand, transforming a company that made shoes into a purveyor of athletic heroism.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
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I like to race, not to do laps alone.
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Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
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I don't often watch something I've done on TV. Usually, I'll change the channel and watch something else.
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So come on inside, you’ll catch a cold. Oh, darling the storm will pass and we’ll grow old.
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This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
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Graham Greene's work must be included in any survey of top-rank spy novels, and 'Our Man in Havana' may be his best.
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Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid.
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The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
