Robert M. Parker, Jr. Quotes

I believe that the responsibility of the winemaker is to take that fruit and get it into the bottle as the most natural and purest expression of that vineyard, of the grape varietal or blend, and of the vintage.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 23, 1947

Topics

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Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far out there.

John Turner

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I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world.

Mindy Kaling

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Where I fit genre-wise, it's hard to tell. It's a fickle wind. But I have to believe there's always going to be a place for the songs inside of me.

Lizz Wright

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I tried to write about my first marriage in a fictional version but got two pages into it and realised it was too personal. Then I came up with an old-fashioned love triangle, which became the plot for 'Ralph's Party.'

Lisa Jewell

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I have hundreds if not tens of thousands of fans... The people who have negative things to say are typically loser-type people who are probably in some cases mentally ill.

Jason Calacanis

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How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

Bram Stoker

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The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course.

Nicola Sturgeon

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I never want to make the kind of film whose impact ends when the audience leaves the cinema.

Richard Attenborough

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After college, I did a bunch of different jobs - taught English in Mexico, worked in public radio, worked for a web design company - but there was something about documentaries that really attracted me.

Marshall Curry

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Everyone's so interior now, they're not really looking around them. They're on their phones.

Kim Gordon

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The fact is, Canada needs investment, particularly in infrastructure.

Justin Trudeau

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