John Roberts Quotes
When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?'
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I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
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Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.
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Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.
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Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.
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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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We just compare our lifestyle to movies so you can relate to them. When I say, 'I bought a carpet from Aladdin so I could finesse and do magic,' that means I had to get me a new whip or I had to get me something in disguise to work my magic, to finesse, to get out of here.
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Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.
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And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
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In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.
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We have now seen that there is no particle of evidence for the Egyptian origin of Tarot cards.
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The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.
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The world is a penal institution.
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We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
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'You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone.' 'What then is a Master for?' 'To make you see the uselessness of having one.'
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It's rare that you get to play a great role that has an arc.
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Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.
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Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.
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I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.
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I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.
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'You ain't got any tobacco,' he said scornfully to Bunyip Bluegum. 'I can see that at a glance. You're one of the non smoking sort, all fur and feathers.'
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Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
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I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.
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When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?'
