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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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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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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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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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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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
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I'm up for doing a part if I thought the part was right and the people want to consider me for a part. If I thought the part was absolutely exciting... I would go for it.
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Nobody knows what dark matter is. It is another deep mystery waiting to be explored. We know only that it is there, and that it weighs more than the stuff that we can see.
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Most "original" ideas aren't completely original, but instead are the result of two basic methods for generating ideas: problems in search of solutions and solutions in search of problems.
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What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it.
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I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.
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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.
