Robert Webb Quotes
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
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There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.
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My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.
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I think it was absolutely a mistake for President Obama and Harry Reid to force a government shutdown.
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My dad was always busy. You would pop round for a cup of tea, and within minutes you would see him walking past with a step-ladder. He was always fixing things.
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I want to go to film college to learn about the departments and how everything works. Then I'm going to start directing.
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When you don't get what you want, it just makes you accept real life.
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I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are.
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It seems the most common thing for serial interventionists to do these days is to lob the term 'isolationist' at anyone who does not agree with their latest folly, and then set up a straw man about those people not wanting to be involved in the world.
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I would never shoot down any opportunity to challenge myself or stretch myself.
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Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.
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When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is playing the role of a really unattractive person.
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Early on with Squeeze, we played the Hope & Anchor with U2. Three people turned up. Then two left. Then the last person left. That's the least-attended show I've ever done.
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The sixty-minute drama form has become very rich.
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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High reputation beats high similarity.
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A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.
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I think jokes can actually go to places that drama can't.
