Tim Robbins (Timothy Francis Robbins) Quotes
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.
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The more real things get, the more like myths they become.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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'Bagdad Cafe' was a film that changed many, many people's lives... how they saw themselves and how they looked at their life situation. I thought I made a little movie. All the mail that I get is about how it changed lives, and that's wonderful.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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I have a cat named Dandelion.
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I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.
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I don't have answers for anybody else. What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There's never essentially a pure story unless there's a pure product line that has its own shining clarity.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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I've seen, and liked, 'Insecure' and 'Atlanta.'
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When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.
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I've had Motley fans come up to me and talk to me about Motley. I've had other fans talk to me about all the backing vocals and the tapes. I just ask them, 'At the end of the day, did you have a good time?' That's it.
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My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.
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I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.
