Robin Williams Quotes
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Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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The world throws you out of your body, especially the cyberworld.
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My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.
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Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.
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Without numerous schools offering hands-on opportunities, no commander will be cultivated.
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I can be a nice person, but if someone is messing with someone I care about, the tougher side comes out a little more.
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Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.
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I ended up living at OJ's because Nicole bought a home that no longer had a guest house. OJ offered his guest house to me. Anybody in LA looking for a place knows the best places to live are guest houses.
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I owe a lot to my parents.
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I want my films to offer wholesome entertainment and not be my personal showreels.
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Books and people are hard to compare.
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People like comfort; that's natural. But as for making money simply for the sake of making it, and giving yourself far more trouble and anxiety to gain it than you can ever get pleasure from it when it's gained, why, as for me, I'd rather sit still and cross my arms.
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If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
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I love creating characters that are ridiculous and flawed. To me, the most important thing about comedy is the joy it can bring to the performers and the audience alike. I love making people laugh and not over-thinking things. Some of my favorite moments are when I am doing an improv scene with friends, and I can't stop laughing during it.
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I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society.
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I don't do celebrity endorsements. My work with Conservation International is a good use of whatever celebrity I might have to draw attention to important problems. I have the same responsibility as everyone to reduce consumption and to teach children to respect the environment.
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In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
