Robert W. Service Quotes
Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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I was always very academically focused when I was growing up, and music was something for which I really had no preconceptions or expectations for myself or really any rules. It kind of represented, at least for me, a divergent path of creativity and self-discovery.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Even on TV appearances or big shows, I don't know if I've ever been as nervous as I was my first time doing stand-up. I just remember getting offstage and sitting down, and my right knee was just shaking from the adrenaline.
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Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
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Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.
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I've got a serious-looking head.
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If you want to see me cry, just come to a photo shoot.
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Remember you don't do anything in isolation.
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I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.
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My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.
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There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.
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You can wear a beautiful black dress that you've maybe had for years, but if you wear a fun shoe, you can completely change it. Wear something different, something sexy, something strappy, or something with pom poms.
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A lot of times, professional athletes say, 'I'm not a role model; I'm an athlete.' I don't mind being a role model because I know what I've done in order to make it to where I am right now. It's a lot of hard work; it's a tremendous amount of hard work. But in order to be make it to a certain level, everybody knows it's going to take time.
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My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
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Blows the lid off a decades-long conspiracy to secretly educate cartoon viewers
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I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.
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Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.
