Alain Robert Quotes
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
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I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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I think often the West does not understand the history and the privilege of wearing a hijab. They always think of oppression.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.
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The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
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No, sir, th' dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf. Whin ye see two men with white neckties go into a sthreet car an' set in opposite corners while wan mutthers Thraiter an' th' other hisses Miscreent ye can bet they're two dimmycratic leaders thryin' to reunite th' gran' ol' party.
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Freedom is never very safe.
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I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know?
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[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.
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I enjoy every climb - maybe it's because it's a literal dance between life and death.
