J. M. Roberts Quotes
I knew she could be really good. If she stayed healthy and motivated she could be one of the best players here.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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The way the Facebook network is set up, it's not as suitable for content discovery. Twitter is better, but there are too many over-sharers. Also, on Twitter and Facebook, everything comes from people you know. On StumbleUpon, it comes from people that you don't necessarily know but share your interests.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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Most important thought, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
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You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.
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Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous but is surely no gardener. Prejudice against people is reprehensible, but a healthy set of prejudices is a gardener's best friend. Gardening is complicated, and prejudice simplifies it enormously.
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Are we on the tail-end of a generation that is enamored with the novelty of these devices and will younger people coming of age be more blasé about them in a healthy way? You look back at the history of any medium and the people who were there when it was developing, whether it was the telegraph or cable television or radio, thought, This is amazing, it's going change everything, or, The human community will finally be able to recognize each other and speak and be one - I mean, some people thought the telegraph or television would usher in world peace.
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I knew she could be really good. If she stayed healthy and motivated she could be one of the best players here.
