Nate Robinson Quotes
When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told me as I was becoming a man: 'You don't go picking fights, but you don't run from any of them.' And I was more afraid of my father than anybody else I had to fight.
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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Cynicism is humor in ill health.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
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I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.
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That's the biggest part of going to church. You just learn how to hide your bad in front of people.
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When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told me as I was becoming a man: 'You don't go picking fights, but you don't run from any of them.' And I was more afraid of my father than anybody else I had to fight.
