J. M. Roberts Quotes
It's an excellent life. I'm rich. I'm happy. I have a great job. I travel hither and yon to fabulous places. I'm surrounded by wonderful, interesting people. I live a privileged life -- hugely privileged.... It would be absurd to pretend that it's anything different.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect.
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The more you observe nature, the more you perceive that there is tremendous organization in all things. It is an intelligence so great that just by observing natural phenomena I come to the conclusion that a Creator exists.
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Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.
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You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'
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It's an excellent life. I'm rich. I'm happy. I have a great job. I travel hither and yon to fabulous places. I'm surrounded by wonderful, interesting people. I live a privileged life -- hugely privileged.... It would be absurd to pretend that it's anything different.
