Robin Williams Quotes
When I was growing up they used to say, “Robin, drugs can kill you." Now that I’m 58 my doctor’s telling me, “Robin, you need drugs to live." I realize now that my doctor is also a dealer…
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I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.
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After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.'
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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I think there is an army clock ticking in me. I value time. I always want to be on time. I don't complain about things, saying, 'There is no caravan here,' etc. For example, they could only arrange a tent on the location of 'Pareshanu Raa'. I understand the importance of money. I respect my work a lot. Not that I am the only one who works hard.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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If you think about it, all of us have one or more teachers who were instrumental.
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My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.
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Women's liberation and the male midlife crisis were the same search-for personal fulfillment, common values, mutual respect, love. But while women's liberation was thought of as promoting identity, the male midlife crisis was thought of as an identity crisis.
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I chose to be retired. I chose to start a family. That was one of the biggest reasons I got away from the game of baseball. I wanted to start a family. I was happy.
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Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.
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As long as I can remember, I've always loved people.
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When I was growing up they used to say, “Robin, drugs can kill you." Now that I’m 58 my doctor’s telling me, “Robin, you need drugs to live." I realize now that my doctor is also a dealer…
