J. M. Roberts Quotes
I have a problem asking shareholders to vote for someone who has no intention of serving a full term. If I thought the search would take more than a year, that would be another situation.
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I endeavor to make the most of everything.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.
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You have to be yourself.
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Family comes out whenever we know it's gonna be steady on a run that's continuous.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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I was a complete outsider in high school.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.
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The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
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I have a problem with blogs - all the best writers benefit from edits.
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I have a problem asking shareholders to vote for someone who has no intention of serving a full term. If I thought the search would take more than a year, that would be another situation.
