Sam Robards Quotes
My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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I can tell you Kristen Hager is one of my all time favorite people to work with ever and one of the greatest scene partners, and I'm such a lucky guy.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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We feel like we're under no pressure because we don't believe there will be anyone else out there.
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Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind of a relief. I really like balancing the two.
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Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.
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I really hate it when people ask me who my icons are. When your parents are Bianca and Mick, you don't really need any more icons in your life.
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That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.
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My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
