Robin Williams
American actor and comedian whose four decades of work in stand-up, film, and television — Mork & Mindy, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Patch Adams — made him one of the most beloved cultural figures of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Born in 1951 in Chicago, he won the Academy Award for Good Will Hunting, six Golden Globes, and four Grammy Awards. His characters — Mr. Keating in Dead Poets Society ('Carpe diem'), Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting ('It's not your fault'), the Genie in Aladdin — became vehicles for some of the most-shared lines of contemporary moral imagination. He died by suicide in 2014 after a long struggle with Lewy body dementia, and his words on kindness, weirdness, and the depth of being human remain widely quoted.
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Quotes by Robin Williams
106 quotes“And they don't want anyone else to feel like that.”
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to talk about the most powerful force in the universe: love.”
“What's that line? It's only a thought. And a thought can be changed.”
“To be honest, I came in to do this audition. I didn't know what was going to happen.”
“You sometimes don't know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have left.”
“Reality. What a concept.”
“Cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too much money.”
“What is the meaning of life? To be of service.”
“You're given the gift of creativity. Use it.”
“To be a comedian is a noble profession. You're saving people.”
“Laughter is the best medicine. After actual medicine.”
“There's something about being told you can't do something that makes you want to do it.”
“In the long run, the kind people win.”
“In each performance, the actor offers everything. Then offers it again.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility. Take it.”
“You can have anything you want. Just decide what it is.”
“Comedy is hard work disguised as easy.”
“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”
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