Tom Robbins Quotes

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

Tom Robbins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1936

Topics

ChangePeopleGrowPlaceFrontier

When I sold my first middle-grade novel in 2005, it wasn't that common to put an author photo on the back flap, but 24-year-old Korean-American me insisted. I wanted Asian girls to see my face. And more than that, I wanted them to see what is possible.

Jenny Han

MeFaceBackPossibleFirstSee

I don't text, I don't have a Blackberry. Literally, I just have a cell phone that I haven't programmed and the whole Bluetooth. No. I don't even have an earpiece for my cell phone.

Steve Carell

Cell PhonePhoneWholeJustText

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Socrates

FriendshipArtSlowFallContinue

You never want to just be outrageous for outrageous' sake 'cause then it doesn't work, and it's not believable. You want to be as true to whatever character you're playing.

Rob Riggle

WorkCharacterYouWantTrueNever

I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I mean, that's what democracy is all about.

Mike Ross

DemocracyThinkAmericaPartyMean

I like 'X-Files'-type shows with government conspiracies and extraterrestrials and all that.

Mike McCready

GovernmentLikeShowsConspiracies

I tend to not think about the kind of movie things I want to be doing, because I've worked in all sorts of different places, and I've spent all sorts of time in England, and I'd still do things in Australia and in America.

Miranda Otto

TimeThinkAmericaDoingAustralia

There were two things I wanted to be: an actor and a hippie.

Dennis Christopher

ActorTwoHippieThingsWantedWere

In parts of the world where basic infrastructures like paved roads and transportation systems are underdeveloped, people walk for days to reach a health care provider.

Christy Turlington

HealthRoadsWalkPeopleWorldCare

I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.

Bonnie Raitt

TimeCityGunThinkLongUpset

I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it, you might take one thing from it. Until that was clear in my mind, I wasn't going to do one.

Bobby Orr

MindBookYouWantTakeGoing

Some of us have been told what we want our whole lives. We've been told we should want to go out for sports or not. We should want a college education or a graduate degree or a particular career. We should want to date this person and not the other.

Bob Goff

EducationSportsCollegeCareerWant

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