Robert Hilburn Quotes

I was driving to school at Reseda High School - I was a junior, and it was early 1956. I had a '49 Ford. I was listening to the country station, and 'Folsom Prison Blues' comes on... It didn't sound like the stuff I was hearing on the pop stations.

Robert Hilburn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 25, 1939

Topics

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I am such a big fan of Batman.

Joey King

I AmBigBig FanFanBatmanAm

No, I had a back injury early on in my life.

Merle Haggard

LifeMy LifeBackEarlyInjuryHad

I was 19 years old, and I felt like I had the flu one day. Within 24 hours, I was in the hospital on life support, and I was given less than a 2 percent chance of living. It took five days for the doctors to find out that I had contracted bacterial meningitis.

Amy Purdy

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My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

Lloyd Alexander

ParentsWantedThemWereAuthor

There's something quite fascinating with crooks and criminals and all things against the law.

Jason Statham

LawThingsAgainstSomethingQuite

In 2007, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would become a 'platform,' meaning that outside developers could start creating applications that would run inside the site. It worked.

Jose Antonio Vargas

StartMeaningCreatingRunBecome

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.

Derek Jeter

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I would not like to try any high stress job. Honestly, I wouldn't like something like a PR job. I can't diffuse situations.

Chrissy Teigen

StressJobTryHighSomethingWould

If you are too overwhelmed, then when you sit down and try to write something, it feels forced. There's nothing worse than forced music. I mean, this world has enough of that right now, where it's basically McDonald's making music. 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries.' Here's a piece of crap that nobody's gonna care about it two years.

Corey Taylor

MusicWorldCareEnoughYouDown

Well, I'm wrestling alligators.

Claire McCaskill

WrestlingWellAlligators

I grew up in Balham in south London, and my best friend's brother was Geoffrey Robinson, who of course later became paymaster general, but at that time, he was working in politics.

Art Malik

FriendTimeBestPoliticsBrother

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.

William J. Clinton

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