Ed Robertson Quotes
'One Week' changed my life because I used to be the Million Dollars Guy, and now I'm the Chickity China Guy.
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
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I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition beyond that.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn't, what is duplicative, and what isn't even being utilized. We'll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.
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We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.
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Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.
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After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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So many people get caught up in being a pro athlete and think they are better. I don't feel like I've ever changed or acted any differently because of the situation I'm in or that status I have.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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It's not how much something's worth today, it's what it's worth in five or 10 years.
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'One Week' changed my life because I used to be the Million Dollars Guy, and now I'm the Chickity China Guy.
