Tim Robbins Quotes
It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.
Rensin, David. "Playboy Interview: Tim Robbins." Playboy, vol. 44, no. 10, Oct. 1997.
Despite the threat, Judge Sanchez signed the indictment, then fled to the U. S. with her husband, under the protection of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the State Department.
This quotation is typical of the anti-government intense feeling, paranoia, and hyperbole of the early 21st century. While a minority of the American population identify with the Tea Party, the Center for a Stateless Society, and other anti-government groups. However, the orthodox members of both of the major political parties tended to avoid publicly criticizing these individuals and organizations lest they end up with an opponent in their next primary election which did not succeed in the majority of cases, but in all cases, it cost the politician a great deal of money, time, and energy to run a primary campaign which often weakens them for the general election that follows.
Timothy Francis Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. He is known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film The Shawshank Redemption, and has won an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards for his roles in the films Mystic River (2003), Short Cuts (1993) and The Player (1992).
