Robert M. Parker, Jr. Quotes

Back in 1990, there were fewer than 20 wineries in and around Paso Robles, a farming community midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Most of the wines produced there were rustic, highly tannic and alcoholic, with little charm or finesse.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommunityBackLos AngelesFarming

I guess a show like 'Entourage' would be wish fulfillment, right? But 'Entourage' is wish fulfillment for men. It's that you can be kind of schlumpy-looking and have access to someone famous and find yourself at a pool party surrounded by girls in bikinis.

Jill Soloway

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I thought about being gay, but it didn't fit.

Andreja Pejic

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There should be a path to earned legal status for those that are here. Not - not amnesty - earned legal status, which means you pay a fine and do many things over an extended period of time.

Jeb Bush

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I used to tape over the top corner of my computer screen so I couldn't see what time it was. I like the idea that I'm just with the words and not knowing what's going on with the world, when it's lunch or dinner.

Michael Connelly

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I took classes and performed and did improv and sketch and wrote sketches and did lights and sound for other people's shows just so I could be around the theater. That was about seven nights a week for seven years.

Rob Riggle

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The risk from terrorism remains acute and the private market cannot continue to operate without a government backstop.

Michael Oxley

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This was 2008, you know. The economy was falling apart, spiraling. And I was hosting a game in New York, and there was $5 to $7 million on the table.

Molly Bloom

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I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

Joseph Barbera

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I don't believe in miracles because it's been a long time since we've had any.

Joseph Heller

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There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.

Dolly Parton

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A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

Desi Arnaz

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To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.

Brent Scowcroft

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