Robert W. Service Quotes
Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd love to be 'People Magazine''s Sexiest Man Alive, but I think that that's a ways off. I have to stop wearing sweat pants, and then we'll work on that.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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I love hats; I love putting hats on. They are artwork. You can always go out and find a dress to wear for some occasion, but there are not that many occasions you can wear a hat.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
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I don't think there should be more gun control. I think there should be more education.
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I like being involved in interesting and creative things. I'd just rather be involved in creating it, rather than being in it.
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I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose.
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NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.
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Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.
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I was scared of the dark. Ohhhh, I'd do anything not to have to sleep on my own. I'd get in bed and cover myself with dolls and teddy bears.
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The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song After great cathedral gong.
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
