Anne Robinson Quotes
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Once upon a time, I was very shy and you wouldn't even see me in a room. Then, when I was 16, I made the conscious decision to not be afraid of anything - this was about the time I picked up the bagpipes too - and my life pretty much changed forever.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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The government shouldn't step in at the first stage and create land banks. Industry should buy the land as much as they can, and if they get stuck, then the government should step in.
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Blend is great for designers because it implements a lot of sophisticated behaviours, but for what I like to do, hand coding XAML is preferable, particularly because I have to publish it.
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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
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Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.
