Robert Atkins Quotes

Nobody had ever told me junk food was bad for me. Four years of medical school, and four years of internship and residency, and I never thought anything was wrong with eating sweet rolls and doughnuts, and potatoes, and bread, and sweets.

Robert Atkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1930 - April 17, 2003

Topics

FoodMedicalSchoolMeSweetEating

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.

Joan Miro

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And my little sister died when she was 16.

Jeremy London

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I'm really drawn to chameleons; I'm really drawn to people who can play a wide range of roles, who are really versatile, but are so in a way that's with ease.

Matt Letscher

PeoplePlayWayEaseWhoRange

I always felt that with an Antoine Doinel film, Truffaut was taking a vacation, that Francois could relax when making a Doinel film. All of the language came to him very easily. 'The 400 Blows,' I felt, was a collage of all his childhood experiences. Every time he felt an Antoine Doinel film was necessary, he'd make one.

Jean-Pierre Leaud

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Khaki trousers soon became the province of hipsters like Jack Kerouac and Miles Davis. They were taken to new heights by Ralph Lauren, who helped popularize them among college professors and preppy men.

Roger Stone

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Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.

Josef Albers

ArtPeopleMeDoingPhilosophySee

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

Johnny Weir

LifeBestHappyMomGoldWin

There are some days when history is made. Yesterday was one - and I was honoured to be in Washington to watch Barack Obama being sworn in. During his soaring inaugural address, the new president gazed over a teeming National Mall that was crowded with more than a million people.

Des Browne

HistoryPeopleYesterdayNewMore

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.

Clint Eastwood

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I like the drinking-out-of-the-fire-hose approach - you're getting way more than you can handle.

Peter Heller

YouWayMoreHandleLikeApproach

I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the Waughs, families with several geniuses. I'm one of four; competition among siblings has to be a factor.

Nigel Hamilton

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Some people care about their work lasting forever - I have little interest in it.

Leonard Cohen

WorkPeopleCareSome PeopleLittle

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