Robert Wyatt Quotes
I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and all of that. So I was so eager to do that, and I didn't really take the time I needed to grow into my own. And I ended up running into a really bad situation. I didn't even really date my ex-husband. We just kind of jumped into it.
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I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.
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We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.
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I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.
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When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.
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I don't think my father was my mentor.
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Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
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There is no sadder tale in the annals of architecture than the virtual disappearance of the defining architectural form of the Modern Movement - publicly sponsored housing.
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If freedom of movement is to be sustainable, then our publics must see it as freedom to move to work, rather than freedom to choose the most generous benefits.
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It's part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents.
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Cabaret presents different challenges, as it is all on me. I love having the freedom to say anything you want - do anything you want. It is a lot of responsibility, and if it works, you get all the kudos, and if not - all the blame.
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I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.
