Apollo Robbins Quotes
When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side when, actually, the things right in front of us are often the hardest to see: the things that you look at every day that you're blinded to.
Quotes to Explore
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
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I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
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The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.
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There's something about the modern era where it's very hard to transgress - we're all so online, easier to track by mobile phone - so you have people who do it on your behalf.
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Respect goes a long way when you carry yourself a certain way and show manners when you first meet someone. If you do that, then it's hard for somebody not to like you.
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We must know our own roles. We should also know the roles that others play, and the rules such roles follow. In this manner, social harmony is maintained. It is when we overstep our roles, or act without knowing them, that social anarchy ensues.
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I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy.
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Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
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Poetry had great powers over me from my childhood, and today the poems live in my memory which I read at the age of 7 or 8 years and which drove me to desperate attempts at imitation.
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France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.
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Mom raised me all by herself, and although we went through our share of lean years, she always worked hard to make our home warm and welcoming.
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I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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We just want to make sure the best candidates get the attention they deserve.
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Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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'Ida' is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It's not a film that deals with an issue as such. It's more universal.
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Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.
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I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.
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When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side when, actually, the things right in front of us are often the hardest to see: the things that you look at every day that you're blinded to.
