J. M. Roberts Quotes
It's not in the best interest of any of us to do anything that would harm that relationship (with the Legislature).
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I like sitting close to windows.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.
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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
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This is my life... I mean, maybe I have Rs 100 crore in the bank, sitting comfortably. If that increases to Rs 10,000 crore, what difference does it make to me.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.
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She keeps asking me where we're going." "Yeah," another voice said. It was Shane, pulling up a chair beside Claire. "Girls do that. They've always got to be taking the relationship somewhere." "That's not true!" "It is," he said. "I get it; somebody's got to be looking ahead. But it makes guys think they're-" "Closed in," Michael said. "Trapped," Shane added. "Idiots," Claire finished.
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Obviously, nobody chooses not to have kids because they'd rather sleep in late. It's a very visceral decision, and it's a complicated decision.
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God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny.
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It's not in the best interest of any of us to do anything that would harm that relationship (with the Legislature).
