Alexandra Robbins Quotes
When a child sees herself through the prism of her peer group, the resulting self image can be distorted.
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The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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What I want is to respond to the challenge posed by the mass media - to permit the novel to say what can only be said by narrative - to allow it to be itself.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.
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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.
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'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?
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It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
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If the architecture is any good, a person who looks and listens will feel its good effects without noticing.
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What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when I do it, it's not?
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My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is.
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"A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone."
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When a child sees herself through the prism of her peer group, the resulting self image can be distorted.
