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I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down. ↗

— Nora Roberts

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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you. ↗

— Pat Roberts

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I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on. ↗

— Melanie Roach

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In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being. ↗

— Paul Robeson

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And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists. ↗

— Paul Robeson

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But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on. ↗

— Frank Robinson

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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

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So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting. ↗

— John Robinson

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Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

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