J. M. Roberts Quotes
I think, unfortunately, this is going to go down in history as one of the great sporting gaffes of all time.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership.
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I don't feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity - but a different slant on identity.
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I believe we now have a glorious opportunity: we can pass our laws and set our taxes entirely according to the needs of the U.K. economy.
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I do love history. I loved learning about wars and things in school.
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I actually started working in Chicago while I was still a student; I did the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' at the end of my junior year. I had come to Chicago for Northwestern University. I didn't quite know about the theater community, and what I did know was mostly the improv.
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I think, unfortunately, this is going to go down in history as one of the great sporting gaffes of all time.
