Robin Wells famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The rich believe that they're different and that it is their right to pay a much lower tax rate. The response that you see from people on Wall Street, their dismissal and their almost contempt for the concerns about their culpability in the financial crisis, about the income inequality, shows that they are completely out of touch.
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Sometimes countries have to go through periods of crises and then rediscover why it's important to be bipartisan and compromise and if you haven't had a deep crisis for a while, you feel like you have the luxury of going on your own way.
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Writing is a lot like making soup. My subconscious cooks the idea, but I have to sit down at the computer to pour it out.
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Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.
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Especially like right now, I'm not shooting a show so you get to act. You get to do that stuff, kind of treat everyone as 'All right, throw the paint against the wall and see what I can do with this and what people say.' I think it's a great mental workout because you have to ready something, learn something fast. It's good to stay on your toes and keep sharp if you're auditioning.
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But none of that kept me from picturing what a tsunami might look like if it did rise up and roar toward my little boat like some watery blue version of the Great Wall of China.
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One line typed twenty years ago can be blazed on a wall in spraypaint to glorify art as detachment or torture of those we did not love but also did not want to kill.
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I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
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