J. M. Roberts Quotes
I think Measure C has been a success story. I don't like everything that's happened, but basically, it's been a great tool.
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A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
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I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
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I like romantic comedy as a genre, but I think it can get stuck in its ways.
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Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends.
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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There needs to be passion behind what you're doing or it's not worth it.
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If you expect a bad lie for even one second, the gods will know it and give you a bad lie.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last.
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I think Measure C has been a success story. I don't like everything that's happened, but basically, it's been a great tool.
