Robert Duvall Quotes

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

Robert Duvall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 5, 1931

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I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.

Jerry Jones

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I don't want to have people get completely sick of me before I've ever even done something legitimate.

Megan Fox

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We mislead ourselves when we pretend we can make someone into an effective manager by putting them through a few courses in business school.

Matthew Stewart

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I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

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I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

John Philip Sousa

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Morals are private. Decency is public.

Rita Mae Brown

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Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

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Often there is a wall between the journalist and the star because there is usually not much time to get to know a person, and the star is always asked the same questions, and may be defensive.

Ruud Gullit

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Great artists suffer for the people.

Marvin Gaye

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When new technology in the classroom starts happening, some people get very excited and think of it as a panacea. It attracts very high amounts of money; it raises expectations, and those expectations aren't met.

Mitch Kapor

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If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence.

Jules Verne

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I love Puccini and that oriental influence in his music.

Johnny Mathis

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