Robert Webb Quotes
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We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures... China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.
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I'm the kind of person that if I see someone else crying, I cry too. I take on that emotion.
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Good-looking people turn me off. Myself included.
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.
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If Obama's enormous symbolic power draws primarily from being the country's first black president, it also draws from his membership in hip-hop's foundational generation.
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I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.
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All that we can't say is all we need to hear.
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In modern novels I try to not let myself get away and to be here, and that's why I write about my life and myself. But even when I do that there's an element of disappearing to a place that's not me. It's "the selflessness of writing". It seldom happens, but when it does it's worth quite a lot.
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I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex; things we all think about, but don’t bring to the forefront. But I do and I force them to watch it.
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Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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Some people dream of success, others stay awake to achieve it.
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I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In high school, I played co-ed soccer and basketball. I really enjoyed both of those sports, but I have to admit basketball wasn't my calling.
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I miss New York terribly. There is no place like the city. I miss people-watching. I miss the nightlife. I miss the food. There are so many options in New York City.
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I grew up watching British comedy on TV, really.
