Robbie Robertson Quotes
People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody ever said, 'That's it, we're done.'
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough.
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New Orleans lives by the water and fights it, a sand castle set on a sponge nine feet below sea level, where people made music from heartache, named their drinks for hurricanes and joked that one day you'd be able to tour the city by gondola.
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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
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I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'
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I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.
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I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
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More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.
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The 1990's sure aren't like the 1980's.
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We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that side as opposed to other people that start more lyric-based. Sometimes we'll do it the other way.
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The more you move, the stronger you'll grow.
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All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
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People think I left The Band and spoiled this whole thing, and that's not what happened. Nobody broke up The Band. Nobody ever said, 'That's it, we're done.'
