J. M. Roberts Quotes
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The one great exception to the apathy on reunification is, naturally enough, Berlin. Encircled by the hostile Soviet Zone for ten years, at times blockaded and constantly at the Russians' mercy, Berliners are committed to this one goal with a unique urgency.
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I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.
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We agreed to do it when I was drunk at his house one night, then on the day I had to have four large brandies - they didn't touch the sides at all. People just got on with it though. It didn't gather a crowd!
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Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.
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We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.
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There is such a thing as Literary Fashion, and prose and verse have been regulated by the same caprice that cuts our coats and cocks our hats.
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I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
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I think it's a rite of passage that the minute you land in Japan, you have to go to a karaoke bar.
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You can only really hear the beat of your own drum if you give yourself the space to sit in it.
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If you are not moved by the character, no amount of CGI will give you a performance that is emotionally engaging or devastating - what a live-action performance does.
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Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
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That men should pray and fight for their own freedom, and yet keep others in slavery, is certainly acting a very inconsistent, as well as unjust and, perhaps, impious part, but the history of mankind is filled with instances of human improprieties.
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You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.
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Now the entire world has its eyes on China.
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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Standing armies shall in time be totally abolished.
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Risk no more that you can afford to lose, and also risk enough so that a win is meaningful.
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I don't invest in rich kids' businesses.
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Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that's just a risk of the sport. If you can't keep from worrying about it, then you're in the wrong line of work.
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If you see your brother about to be harmed and somebody is doing something, you must speak out. It takes courage to do that. Then you have to come out of yourself to do that.
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They are doing a lot more (than most new businesses) - not just hoopla, though.
