J. M. Roberts

J. M. Roberts
John Morris "J. M." Roberts CBEwas a British historian, with significant published works. From 1979 to 1985 he was vice chancellor of the University of Southampton, and from 1985 to 1994, Warden of Merton College, Oxford. He was also well known as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West...
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I have a problem asking shareholders to vote for someone who has no intention of serving a full term. If I thought the search would take more than a year, that would be another situation.
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When I was with Houston at the end of my career, Bob Gibson walked up to me one day when I was running in the outfield. He asked me why I didn't quit and said what a shame it was that I was ruining a great career and just trying to hang on. Years later, I saw Gibson trying to do the same thing.
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Why shouldn't I profit from it? I didn't ask to be in this position ... I would like to feed my daughter.
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We hope to have about 100 people sleeping out. We're asking for community leaders to participate.
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We have never asked for anything. We need money. Cash.
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They are doing what we ask them to do. I am really happy for them.
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He's a likeable guy. I never had a problem with him until this happened. But about a year go, he got these animals and they were crapping all over my driveway and my yard and we were tracking it in the house. I asked him to please keep them on his land, but they kept coming over.
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Through the years we had a bunch of large range fires that would start in the county. This was about the only one that actually came into town.
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We were patient. We took good shots. We took shots within rhythm. We did things that we normally practice every day and that is why we were successful.
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We have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball, but their pressure had a lot to do with it.
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We wish Cedric the best. He is a young man who put in a tremendous amount of hard work and effort in representing St. John's basketball.
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We felt that the plan that the city eventually developed was workable. Controlling dust is a very difficult thing at best, particularly here in the Southwest during dry times of the year.
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I've tried to get them to understand that on the road you have to take the game. You have to win it. It's not going to be handed to you no matter what the situation is, and teams are not going to fold at home. You must take the game.
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I've seen a lot of bad weather, a lot of wrecks, a lot of killing. On a scale of one to 10, this is a 10.