Anne Robinson Quotes

I've had a lot of dates, but I don't think there's been anyone that special or important.

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• Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Family
  • Remember
  • American

• One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • Done
  • Job
  • Experience

• The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Ideas
  • Bed
  • Communism

• I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.

  

  Flavor Flav
  • Trying
  • Done
  • Television

• You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Technology

• I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Religious

• I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

  

  Garry Wills
  • Life
  • Time
  • Respect

• I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • Acting
  • Historian
  • Confusing

• I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.

  

  Victoria Jackson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Reason

• I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • People
  • Day
  • Betrayal

• All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Focus
  • Best
  • Story

• I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Time
  • Start
  • Brothers

• Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.

  

  Walter Murch
  • Time
  • Change
  • Eyes

• I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.

  

  Karen Joy Fowler
  • True
  • Dream
  • Winning

• Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.

  

  Daisy Berkowitz
  • Always
  • Through
  • Likes

• I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Idea
  • Right
  • Performances

• Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Wisdom
  • Mistake
  • Enemy

• Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Always
  • Mexico
  • Territory

• I would certainly look at a proposal for tuition-free community college for two years if the students kept a certain high grade-point average.

  

  Patty Judge
  • High
  • Free
  • Community

• First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Security
  • Building
  • Constitution

• When I was a child, I wanted to be important.

  

  Laura Amy Schlitz
  • Important
  • Child
  • Wanted

• You can always tell in a movie when they are setting you up for something. If someone leaves an important object on the table and walks away, the camera will have some way of indicating that to you.

  

  Bill Viola
  • Up
  • Important
  • Movie

• I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.

  

  Dennis Muilenburg
  • Important

• I've had a lot of dates, but I don't think there's been anyone that special or important.

  

  Anne Robinson
  • Important