J. M. Roberts Quotes
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
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My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
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Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city.
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
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Leaders in an interconnected organization must be comfortable sitting in the middle of a network, not at the top of an org-chart.
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I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.
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I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.
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I wasn't showing him a house, I was showing him a place to leave me.
