Robert Plant Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Writing about the future and the past is less a way of dramatizing change than of showing, by way of contrast, what abides.
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I'm a believer in trusting the director.
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Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.
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The reality, for me at least, is that the finest recreation of a paper game, played on computer, pales in comparison with the actual, face-to-face experience.
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When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.
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Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.
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When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.
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Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president.
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Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.
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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
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Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.
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I don't smoke and I don't drink alcohol.
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I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.
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It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast.
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Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I had to learn for myself that waiting isn't a life plan.
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The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
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I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.
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I have an evolving relationship with my father, and his memory, especially the older I get. I know that some of the things that interested him are things that interest me.
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Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide.
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Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.
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Death and the dice level all distinctions.
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I still like to get carried away - but passively.
