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Success is a tricky mistress. It's nice to have but it's a tricky thing to embrace.
Robert Redford
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Robert Redford
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 18
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I have no regrets, because I've done everything I could to the best of my ability.
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Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings a certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.
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When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, Shame on you, or You should be ashamed of yourself, you thought twice. It doesn't seem to be a factor today.
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We've lost our moral foundation, which allows us to go this far over. So I don't blame Trump. I just think he is what he is. We're the ones who let that happen. We should be looking at ourselves.
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Television tells us only the things it wants to. It still feeds us heroes, it still offers villains. And even though we know better than to always trust it, we still watch.
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It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut.
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From my experience in my country, America over and over again takes itself right to the brink, it puts one foot over but it never goes over. It wakes up at the last minute and says woah, and then pulls back...
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