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“Then ten more.”
“Family is what saves us.”
“There is no end to family. Only different shapes.”
“You will always be welcome in your own life.”
“In every dark night, a star.”
“Be the star somebody is looking for.”
“Make somebody laugh today. It is a small revolution.”
“In your imperfections, your humanity.”
“You are loved. You are known. You belong.”
“In every closing curtain, a new act begins.”
“Embrace your weirdness. It is your gift.”
“To be alive in this strange, beautiful world is enough.”
“You owe the world your weirdness.”
“Be the rainbow. Be the cloud. Be both.”
“What you've been through is what you have to give. Give it.”
“In every laugh, a small act of resistance.”
“Beloved, you are weird. You are wanted. You are home.”
“Carpe diem. Make your life extraordinary.”
“The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”
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