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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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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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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I was born out of a Vegas marriage: My parents got married three days after they met.
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Over the years, I really focused on doing the best job I could, working hard, getting great results, and working with my teams.
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I think the performances that really communicate with me are the ones where I don't feel like I'm watching someone and thinking: "They're doing some really good acting." It's when I'm literally completely consumed by the story-telling and the actor or actress is evoking something in me. I think that's so powerful and cinema and TV has so much power.
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My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.