J. M. Roberts Quotes
Nine wonderful years on Everybody Loves Raymond and to finish it off with this is wonderful.
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The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
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It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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For technology companies, information about what people do online is extremely valuable - it can be used to sell targeted advertising or sold to data clearinghouses.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.
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I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
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Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of 'I know.' Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.
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Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something about it, crafting strong, modern heroes for a modern audience.
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There is a growing recognition of the importance of really bringing pollution under control.
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I've learned after so many years in this business that nothing is set in stone until you're on set. I've been told I was the choice for years and never got hired. So I never go there in my mind.
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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
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I'm concerned about how accessible guns are.
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I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth. Who won't accept deception instead of what is truth. It seems we lose the game, before we even start to play. Who made these rules? We're so confused. Easily led astray.
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In the tradition of Abudhar, who is my mentor, whose thought, whose understanding of Islam and Shi'ism, and whose ideals, wants, and rage I emulate, I begin my talk with the name of the God of the oppressed (mustad'afan). My topic is very specific.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
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When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.
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Nine wonderful years on Everybody Loves Raymond and to finish it off with this is wonderful.
