Tim Robbins (Timothy Francis Robbins) Quotes
It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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A woman should have the right to carry a gun.
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Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
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Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their citizens in explaining their decisions and their choices in global markets.
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You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
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The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud.
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My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.
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It is just a wonderful, wonderful time to be alive and to be able to be part of the ever-growing spiritual awareness that is happening around the world.
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So there was not an "I" anymore - not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect - save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.
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Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
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In any Christian view of life, self-fulfillment must never be permitted to become the controlling issue. The issue is service, the service of real people. The question is, 'How can I be most useful?', not, 'How can I feel most useful?'
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Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
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Do the right thing because it is right.
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Just invest in apps. Just download apps and then pay yourself the dividend.
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It's going to be a very difficult road between now and December.
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It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.
