Tim Robbins (Timothy Francis Robbins) Quotes
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Every single day, I get up and I say, 'I am going to live and not die.'
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'
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You never needed anybody.If you had ever bothered to come to know me, you'd know that that is the exact opposite of the truth.Well, well. So we part in utter ignorance of each other.
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Ce n'est jamais qu'à cause d'un état d'esprit qui n'est pas destiné à durer qu'on prend des résolutions définitives.1
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If my life is a movie - in the movie, there's always the bad part. There's also the parts where you're down and out, and there are parts where everything's amazing.
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I really tried to play more intensely in practice and not play like maybe two, three hours just like that. I just go to court and spend a lot of hours as well on gym, or just make a lot of sprints and movement.
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Guess what? Human beings are complex.
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While I am grateful for the friendships and relationships that I have with my Republican colleagues, it would be naive to pretend that those friendships will change the way that major policies are enacted in Arizona.
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My dad worked on ambulances for a while; my mother had a lot of different jobs with the city.
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Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make.
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As soon as I go into a dark subject, like discussing the people I've loved and lost, I off-road into absurdist comedy perversion. It's both a means of protection and a kind of denial, a blessing and a curse. Wait, it's not a blessing at all. I guess it would be a bad habit and a curse.
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I've never been the guy who tried to line up three or four projects down the road. I like to find one piece that speaks to me and then pour my heart and soul into it. Then I come home, recoup, and relax.
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I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.
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The road to finding 'the one' is paved with a bit of promiscuity.
