J. M. Roberts Quotes
Grace is when God gives us what we don't deserve and Mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve.
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.
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Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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I started breaking out of my shell in sophomore and junior year.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
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But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.
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People want to be empowered to the point where they can thwart their enemies physically.
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I feel like if you shoot one scene all day long or you take two days to do a scene, that scene is going to be stale.
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It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved.
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Please repeat: influence is not popularity.
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The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God.
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Grace is when God gives us what we don't deserve and Mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve.
