Eden Robinson Quotes
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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It's okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.
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Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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Where I come from, people will spit at you if they think you support Enbridge.
