J. M. Roberts Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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In 2004, I went onstage for the first time. They put a mike in my hand and pushed me out the door into the crowd. I did the three songs I had recorded and got out. It was the worst day of my life.
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The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
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People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
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If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
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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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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
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Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.
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Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.
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If there is a good will, there is great way.
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I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it.
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Masses of Iraqis keep on dying for no palpably tangible reason that they can so much as identify to themselves, far less anyone else. Why?
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Yeah. That's the right way to spell it.
