Robin Williams Quotes
Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. “I want it to be the way it was." But if you continue the way it was there will be no “is."
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I've learned never say never.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
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It's nice to know there are some things in early 21st-century post-industrial culture that don't change very fast. I am one of those.
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When you know yourself, you know you can change and do something. You think of the mistakes you make and don't make the same mistake again.
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Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.
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Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. “I want it to be the way it was." But if you continue the way it was there will be no “is."
