Robert B. Parker Quotes

I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough.

Robert B. Parker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1932 - January 18, 2010

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I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.

Megan Fox

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Skin is made in large measure of a protein called collagen.

Michael Behe

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I firmly believe that philanthropy is most effective and outcome-oriented when you ensure that your pledge actually gets spent.

Shiv Nadar

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I have always thought the women's movement traded too much on outrage and not enough on ridicule.

Mary Beard

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I continue to be interested in new things that seem old and old things that seem new.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

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Going from sharing a one-bedroom place to living in a loft to two people living in a house to me having my own place by myself has kind of mirrored my career... small steps to bigger, to bigger, to now having a steady job.

Dianna Agron

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Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves in one way or the other, whether it's pollsters, whether they are policy wonks, whether they are pundits, whether they are those who believe that they must call it as they see it and then to be fair about it.

Douglas Wilder

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I tend to treat everyone like equals. That is my downfall, though, because Oprah is Oprah, and Barack is Barack, and you've gotta come in with a certain level of respect and admiration and love while still having that respect. Look at them - these people are, at this point, royalty. I think I get a little too chummy.

Chrissy Teigen

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The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.

Arthur Erickson

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I've had a big heart my whole life; all the Korn fans know that. A lot of people told me that I was different.

Brian Welch

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It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates.

Arthur Smith

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Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

Sharon Stone

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