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The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.


Frederick W. Robertson

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ROBIN ROBERTSON What we understand is that society must allow room for the irrational, in healthy balance with the r...
ROBIN ROBERTSON I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck an...
PHIL ROBERTSON You see George Clooney, and you think he's suave and handsome and really charming, but he's ...
BRITT ROBERTSON It's about 50 percent more fuel-efficient than vehicles of today. It's totally clean. Absolutely zer...
BERNARD ROBERTSON We make no attempt to try to run the vehicle on the electric motor,
BERNARD ROBERTSON People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy, ... The way to get this car to market is to make trad...
BERNARD ROBERTSON People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy. The way to get this car to market is to make trade-of...
BERNARD ROBERTSON Cricket will go on and we have a match on Friday. I don't have any further comment to make.
BERNARD ROBERTSON Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?
PAT ROBERTSON Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets...
ROBERTSON DAVIES Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON After 9/11, families were looking for things to do together and fun that was closer to home, and tha...
BETH ROBERTSON There are a lot of things in motion that will contribute to more bills being presented electronicall...
BETH ROBERTSON One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.
BETH ROBERTSON At this point, the market isn't that developed yet. Ten percent of all consumer bills will be presen...
BETH ROBERTSON It was great, a fabulous year. It was different than any other market I've been through in 36 years....
BETH ROBERTSON Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON I'm not even a little bit talented at the red-carpet makeup thing, but recently I did learn how ...
BRITT ROBERTSON I'm just really happy I can be a part of this.
ANN ROBERTSON That was where we could be safe. Police could see us and we could see them.
ANN ROBERTSON They were there more to control the city rather than rescue anyone.
ANN ROBERTSON It's like we kind of screwed up.
ANN ROBERTSON We learned a lot about ourselves today. There were a lot of positives that came out of today, and we...
AMY ROBERTSON Our goal for both field hockey camps is to challenge the participants and to make sure that they hav...
AMY ROBERTSON This is the best all-around field hockey class we have ever signed at Indiana. They possess a high l...
AMY ROBERTSON We need to sharpen up our receiving and passing skills, and the indoor style will be a good environm...
AMY ROBERTSON The album has a lot of true stories in there. We did three full tours last year, so there were a lot...
ALLISON ROBERTSON It's very collaborative. We like to get everybody's opinion, just like we did we were in eighth grad...
ALLISON ROBERTSON