Robert Trujillo Quotes
I've been friends with Jaco Pastorius's son since 1996 - Johnny Pastorius, the eldest son. And I remember when I first met him, I said, 'Some day, you've gotta make a film about your father,' because his influence is so broad.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
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Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.
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Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.
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A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.
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I've been friends with Jaco Pastorius's son since 1996 - Johnny Pastorius, the eldest son. And I remember when I first met him, I said, 'Some day, you've gotta make a film about your father,' because his influence is so broad.
