Tim Robbins (Timothy Francis Robbins) Quotes
Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.
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I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the car and one leg was in the car. He looked at me and told me that I was a drunk and that he was ashamed to call me his son. That night, I stopped drinking and I never drank again; I was twenty four.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
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We're in the service business by nature, but when we can transition that into ownership things, we love it. Our clients love it, too. We get deluged with offers to get involved with this or that. Silver Lake helps us funnel those opportunities.
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I'll tell you this: You have to remember to chase and catch your dreams, because if you don't, your imagination will live in empty spaces, and that's nowhere land.
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I've been a video game guy since I was eight years old and got my first Nintendo. I've been addicted to video games ever since.
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I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
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I understand only three things - films, fitness, and food.
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Survival must come before civilization.
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We have to shift our attitude of ownership of nature to relationship with nature. The moment you change from ownership to relationship, you create a sense of the sacred.
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I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.
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Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.
