Robert Towne Quotes

If you have a good ear for dialogue, you just can't help thinking about the way people talk. You're drawn to it. And the obsessive interest in it forces you to develop it. You almost can't help yourself.

Robert Towne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 23, 1934

Topics

GoodYourselfPeopleThinkingHelp

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

John C. Calhoun

GreatMistakePeopleCapableMake

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

Andrew Scott

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In my experience, entrepreneurship tends to be kind of cumulative, like a layer cake. Taking some time away can make it hard to rev up.

Andrew Yang

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I guess any simple idea that is really good will catch on quickly.

John Hull

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What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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People talk about Kobe's 81-point game, the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. I saw the game. I don't care if it was 79, 81 - I just remember the game. I remember the moves. I remember the shots. I remember the beauty of it. The numbers? What he shot from the field? I don't care.

Jeff Van Gundy

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You can't fit your clothes well and look your best if you don't know what you're working with.

Stacy London

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I believe that politics takes a much different set of skills than science. Science is about getting to the truth. Politics is about what people think and how they react.

Stanley B. Prusiner

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If I do want to wear a little bit of makeup, I really like a pink lip. There's one called Lip Mist in Pink Heather from Burberry that I love.

Suki Waterhouse

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People have all sorts of expectations which you can't meet. Me, I'm so reclusive I stay away from such things as much as I can. I never go anywhere.

Ry Cooder

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Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.

Michael Moore

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But I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in there.

Jarvis Cocker

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