Gareth Roberts Quotes
It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. One overdue library book today, the collapse of the universe by the end of the week.
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I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
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I keep working under the delusion that someday a library will ask for my manuscripts.
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We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.
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I had the strong sense that I really wanted to be a SEAL, and I started thinking, 'Look, I don't ever want to look back and feel I have any regrets.'
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
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I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.
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I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.
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I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
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I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.
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I went to Goldsmith College of Art in London in the '80s and there I made sculptures, but the objects had nothing to do with how I was thinking. I was making beautifully sanded wooden boxes!
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I do feel fortunate to have some knowledge of the great Latin American writers, including some that are probably not that well known in English. I'm thinking of Jose Maria Arguedas, whom I read when I was living in Lima, and who really impacted the way I viewed my country.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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My charity is called 'Grand Kids.' People keep thinking it's 'Grandkids.'
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I think one thing we went through was common to a lot of people: You work your whole life to achieve something, then you achieve it and find out that you still have good days and bad days. So you start thinking, 'Is that all there is?' After a while you calm down and get back to work.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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I saw 'The War Wagon' with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, but it was dubbed into German. And it had Japanese subtitles and then this little strip with some Spanish words, and I've never forgotten that weird image. It was so magical and funky.
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I've always loved pinup art, and I've always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
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It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. One overdue library book today, the collapse of the universe by the end of the week.
