James Anthony Robinson (J-Ro) Quotes
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I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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A nation's economy is more than its markets, tastes, technologies and property rights.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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People ask if success changes one overnight. I am just doing my job, and I worked way too hard to get here. I didn't get it easy.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.
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But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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I love cooking and baking.
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Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
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I got Soul Power, never took a cold shower,
