Robin Williams Quotes

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Robin Williams

Profession : Comedian

Birth : July 21, 1951

Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.

Robin Williams

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Robin Williams

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

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We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.

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If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?

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The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I went through all that madness early on.

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Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.

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I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.

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For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.

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A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills - no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.

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When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always thought he was going to last longer. I knew him as being really funny, but at the same time, he had a dark side.

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Reality: What a concept!

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I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.

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I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.

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You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.

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The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.

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The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'

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Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

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When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

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Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

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