Apollo Robbins Quotes
I think that's kind of my forte is that I tell people beforehand that I'm going to steal from them. And a lot of people think that that makes them safe, and hopefully I wake them up a little bit.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I host reality shows; the last thing I ever wanted to do was be a contestant on one.
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The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple nourishment for its religious wants, and the profoundest thinker inexhaustible matter of study.
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People of today should not forget those Africans who made a major contribution to world peace.
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The papers are only going to show what they want the readers to see. It's all propaganda, to be honest.
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We heard from the abortionists and we heard from the people who looked like Jacks, acted like Jills and had the odors of Johns.
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I think that's kind of my forte is that I tell people beforehand that I'm going to steal from them. And a lot of people think that that makes them safe, and hopefully I wake them up a little bit.
