Gene Robinson Quotes
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I am a Buddhist.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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I had no desire to crash a man's world.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so we're just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mother's advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's not going to work out. Who knows?
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Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
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I've played for a lot of tough crowds.
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The Oscars is always the most special event of Awards Season and is the grand finale - there's just something about the atmosphere that makes it magical.
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I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.' The banana in Congo is called 'Dikembe.' So my uncle start calling me, 'Dikembe, Dikembe, look at you Dikembe, you cannot even stand up.' It took a long time for me to walk.
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I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.
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Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
