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 wanted to use an urban setting with a small-town feel for a story that took a character through her childhood into her adulthood, with a background in arson investigation, ... I chose Baltimore and its delightful Little Italy section and was able to depict that neighborhood feel, the family ties, and I hope a good story about why choices made define who we are and who we become.
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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 had to buy furniture and computers; we had to put a teacher's desk, wall unit and file cabinet in each classroom. We ordered all those items six months ago from different manufacturers. When they were delivered, they were stored and some pieces had to be assembled. We ordered half a million dollars worth of textbooks. It took a great deal of planning by everyone in the school district - from the custodians planning on how to schedule cleaning to how we were going to supply books and teachers. It was an unbelievably complex project,
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They were here. After a while of their searching around and taking pictures, they took the kids.
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She took care of the family and that made him able to do his job.
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We took more resources into the plan than we probably needed to. As we go forward, we'll probably pull that out.
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We've always said this about Alaska: nasty-ass weather, warm people. I never experienced 32 below before. ... My Irish blood has been thinned out by years of living in California.
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What we're most worried about is brain recovery. Anybody who suffers anoxic brain injury -- inadequate oxygen to the brain -- can develop a longtime disability.
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We're in the sunshine. That means negatives will come out. That's OK.
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We're barely meeting the core in rural Utah.
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We have never asked for anything. We need money. Cash.
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Ultimately, it doesn't matter to the world whether you paint or dance or write. The world will probably get by without the product of your efforts. But that is not the point. The point is what the inner process of following your creative impulses will do to you. It is clearly about process. Love the work, love the process. Our fascination will pull our attention forward. That, also, will fascinate the viewer.
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The person who did this to these two needs to pay for it. He will never bring my son back or Sebastian back, but I want justice done.
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We're not going to waltz into the postseason by any means.