Laila Robins Quotes
Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
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I am proud of my career.
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I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.
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I've been in the public eye so long, I can't remember how it was when it was different - from my mid-20s onwards, when my career started to blossom and I became an international, world cups and things.
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I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.
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Over my career, I've reinvented myself numerous times. I covered the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA. I wrote about labor wars, trade wars and real wars. I chronicled a nuclear plant meltdown and the defeat of Communism. I co-founded a couple of media businesses.
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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
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I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
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I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.
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We need a more strategic, coordinated, statewide plan that identifies high-demand jobs or industries with a projected under-supply and offer training to get these Oregonians to work.
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It's simple to get a concussion, you know. I don't know how many I've had over my career, you know, but I've definitely had my fair share.
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But I think it is more difficult to do a career as a lieder singer, and there have been less lieder singers.
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Balancing my film career and my music will be something I'm just going to have to deal with, as it happens. I think I can balance it out; the choices will probably be pretty clear. If there's a movie I just have to do, I will work the music around it.
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Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).
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My favorite outfit is baggy black corduroy pants and a baggy T-shirt.
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I don't even know if hip-hop is music anymore. It's definitely rhythm. It's definitely tempo. It's definitely beats per minute. But it's product. And television is product placement for the most part. It's not passion.
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I created 'You Can't Stop Me' without trying. There was nothing premeditated about that record.
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Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.
