J. M. Roberts Quotes
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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I know what poverty is.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you'd need infinite precision in order to predict future events. With sociopolitical or economic phenomena, we don't have anything like that.
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The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.
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I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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People are starved for the truth, and when something comes along that even looks like the truth, people will latch onto it because everything's so false.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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I love heavy music. I keep Flume nice and melodic, so I save the angry, testosterone-fueled heavy stuff for What So Not. I think it's a good defining thing for the two projects.
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I try to be very aware of opportunities as they arise. But I don't sit around staring at my navel and thinking about my brand development.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.
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We have to turn away people all the time if we don't have space.
