Robert Adamson Quotes

Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that.

Robert Adamson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: January 19, 1852 - February 8, 1902

Topics

PoetryWritingEarlySayYearsWell

You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.

John Hurt

WorkRespectThinkYouLazyActor

If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day.

John Sayles

DayYouWriteNextGoingSaw

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

John Ratzenberger

MoneyPastResearchDiabetesYears

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Martin Niemoller

MeSpeakOutLeftThenCame

People are savvy enough to know that simply a threat of litigation is tantamount to a nice, hefty check.

Mike Gallagher

PeopleEnoughKnowNiceCheckSavvy

If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once created, we would hire writers and lyricists to make up the text and the story line. I was the first to do this backwards with 'Man of La Mancha.'

Mitch Leigh

MusicManStartStoryGoLiving

I have a working-class approach to music.

LP

MusicWorking-ClassApproach

Working with kids is always hard because you have to have very limited hours. They have to have breaks, and they have to have a tutor, and they have to have a lot of - good things! But it makes it hard to shoot.

Jason Blum

GoodGood ThingsYouHardAlways

There are some famous people, and I've met them, who you might think are great, and then you meet them, and you discover that they not only have feet but heads of clay.

Anne Beatts

GreatPeopleFeetThinkFamousYou

When you care about something, that's when you want to save it. I want to bring that to storytelling - to make saving the world sexy.

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

WorldCareSexyYouWantBring

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

William Wordsworth

SportsDayGolfRoundIdleness

People follow proven formulas in any business.

Phoebe Cates

BusinessPeopleFollowAnyProven

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