J. M. Roberts Quotes
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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My books have contradictions all the time - and people are fine with that.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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I get bored easily.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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'Are you that afraid to die?''No. I simply like to live.'
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Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God.
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I had a little radio, and I listened to music in my bedroom when I was supposed to be sleeping. I was probably 6 or 7 years old, and I loved the DJs who would come on and talk about the artists and the songs they were singing, and they gave away prizes. I was like, 'This is a cool job!'
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That's true that Sen. Robert Bird was in the Klan and a lot of people were friends of Robert Byrd in the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans.
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I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told.
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She took care of the family and that made him able to do his job.
