John Roberts Quotes
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The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.
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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
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Indeed, throughout much of history and in many cultures, redheads have been viewed with suspicion and fear - and even killed - because of their hair.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people will underwrite a protracted war if they see some progress. But if they don't see progress, and it appears to be futile and useless, then that political support begins to evaporate rather quickly.
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September 11 happened, and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
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The forms of my awareness are richer than yours.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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Family are the people that can hurt you the most.
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What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
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There are members - very, very close and dear members - of my family - I'm talking immediate family - who simply don't speak to me anymore and haven't done so for years. My marriage fell apart.
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Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.
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Senator Stanton? The man who’s sold his own soul so many times that no one can figure out who actually owns it?
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Haven't seen any of the movies in which Rekha aped me. I think it is highly improbable that a lady should ape me. If it is so, then all I can say is that i am terribly flattered.
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I actually think it doesn't even matter what age you are or what sex - though that does play into it sometimes - you always have to fight in any kind of creative world because nobody knows your own brain and your own creative ideas better than you do.
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I'm honoured and delighted to be named the 'Irish Times'/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year 2014. This has been an amazing year for me and for Irish women in sport, and I would like to congratulate all the finalists in their respective fields who have excelled at major sporting events.
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We need a leader who puts the health and well-being of the country ahead of 2016 politics.
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Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long since gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too.
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I'm trying to leave more of my calendar open for the spontaneous things. A lot of fun stuff that happened in previous years were things that were like, 'Hey are you available next week?' I wasn't really open unless it was planned months in advance. I'm excited to play it by ear and let a lot of stuff happen as it happens.
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America is a nation fundamentally ambivalent about its children, often afraid of its children, and frequently punitive toward its children.
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You can't fight for your rights if you don't know what they are.
