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.

  

  Laura Prepon
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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.

  

  Barbara Deming
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• I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.

  

  Nathan Lane
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• I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.

  

  Laura Dern
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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.

  

  Salvador Dali
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• I am proud of my career.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
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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.

  

  Walter Mosley
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• Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, if my family wasn't with me and didn't support me, it would be really tough.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Life
  • Family
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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.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • World
  • Different
  • Long

• I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.

  

  Lapo Elkann
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  • Talking

• 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.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Real
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  • Myself

• Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Happy
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  • Be Happy

• I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Smart
  • Try
  • Invest

• 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.

  

  J. Cole
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  • Attention
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• I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

  

  Nancy Lopez
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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.

  

  Kate Brown
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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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• He's just your dad, and you love him. It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love. My father was a great man.

  

  Margaret Truman
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• It’s pretty good, but it’s alright.

  

  Beetlejuice
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  • Career
  • Alright

• There is no 'Top Gun 2' in which Maverick is not the starring role.

  

  Christopher McQuarrie
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• Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.

  

  Yoko Ono
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  • Life
  • Best

• It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena in a way that would disperse power and engage with people in their own lives.

  

  David Blunkett
  • People
  • Power
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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.

  

  Laila Robins
  • Career
  • Training
  • Try