J. M. Roberts Quotes
Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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Actors are a race.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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If you're driving, and a cop is behind you, you automatically think they're going to pull you over, but cops have so much more going on than to think about pulling you over. The last thing a real cop wants to do is write a ticket. That's the truth.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any other issue in the face of death, possible extinction?
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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Part of my agenda has been to support art that engages life with people.
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A lot of people have their own perceptions about me, like I'm very stuck up, so full of myself, you know. But it's not true.
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Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.
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I think very long and hard about every possibly offensive joke I want to make. I really hate mean humor and would hate to make anyone reading my jokes feel truly bad.
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I used to go to those dance circles when I was a kid. When break dancing was first popular in the '80s. I would be in Boston, or I'd head up to New York, and I would stand in those circles, and I would just be blown away.
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Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens.
