J. M. Roberts Quotes
What I write deals with relationships, with making families. It just follows that I would often write about family and what it means.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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The wonderful thing about modern medicine is that so many of these complaints that used to signify old age and decline can be coped with.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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For the past few centuries, we have defined beauty as tall, slender figures, femininity and white skin.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I continue to play aliens, so there's obviously something there.
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Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
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At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.
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That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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We write a batch of songs and they come out as they come out. It’s not preconceived. It just turns out there are loads of epics on this album. We have high standards for what we want to achieve, but it’s not really well thought-out at all. We allow ourselves a six week writing period to give us enough pressure to bring it out.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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I wanted to be a part of something, To grow a program and grow the university into what it is today. I’m excited to be able to say I was a part of that.
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What I write deals with relationships, with making families. It just follows that I would often write about family and what it means.
