Spider Robinson Quotes
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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Literatures, like trees and plants, are born of a land and in it flourish and die. But literatures, also like plants, may be carried abroad to take root in a foreign soil.
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I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.
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There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
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Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.
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Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.
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God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls.
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I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire.
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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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I just want people that like my music to like me.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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I'm not truly embarrassed that, you know, President Bush is from my state, that's not really what I care about, ... Primetime Thursday.
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Bad as I wanna be. She aint bad, she a sad little wannabe.
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There is two feet of space between us, and about a mile of separation.
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Life will deal me many different hands, some good, some bad (maybe they've already been dealt), but from here on in, I'll be turning my own cards. —Alton Richard
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We're spending, on average, three times more for prison than for public-school pupils. That's the dumbest investment policy. It doesn't make us safer.
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The revelation that we have everything we need in life to make us happy but simply lack the conscious awareness to appreciate it can be as refreshing as lemonade on a hot afternoon. Or it can be as startling as cold water being thrown in our face. How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we’re really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?
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It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.
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When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour - I had a horrible time. Everyone laughed at first but then more or less ignored me. In a mood of defiant stuffed oliveness I did have a dance by myself but things kept crashing to the floor around me. The host asked if I would sit down. I had a go at that but it was useless. In the end I was at the gate for about an hour before Dad arrived.
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God is an iron... and that's a hot one.
