J. M. Roberts Quotes
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There is always pressure in football.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of miles away, and perished years ago. So the object of many a tender thought may be spiritually present, in defiance of space - and fond recollections cherished in defiance of time.
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I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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I've been very lucky.
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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
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In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.
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In the absence of a shift in market perceptions of the relative attractiveness of U.S. and foreign assets, government policies would likely have only limited effects on the trade balance.
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When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.
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Vitamins ruined my life. Not that there was much left to ruin, but still. I know that blaming vitamins for my horrible life sounds strange. After all, vitamins are supposed to keep people healthy. Also, they're inanimate objects. But thanks to them I was stuck in the Jackson Center Mall watching my father run around in a bee costume.
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German women love American men. That's why a lot of American servicemen go to Germany - and never come back.
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Our father always said, 'She'll come back to us.
