Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson
Founder of Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. and former CEO of ARCO who helped the oil company become one of the largest in the United States.
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 April 1917
CityChicago, IL
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The anger of the common citizen is growing as people realize they will soon be caught in this trap for the unwary. This is simply bad policy and must be abolished.
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I want the governor to do something. I'm pretty sure that if it was me doing this to his son, I would have been locked up.
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The tribes have got a powerful case, a very logical case.
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Harry Bridges was very famous in his day. And Connie had given him favorable coverage.
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My tax return is in a sense very ordinary,
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He wants full control of the town. He wants to micromanage everything.
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I did make a comment that I didn't think more than 20 (residential units) per acre was appropriate for that site. At the same time, I'm only one board member.
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It was exciting. Probably the most exciting thing in my life. It was exciting to say the least.
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All of those things are at risk now, so we're trying to preserve a natural treasure really for this area.
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We need to be more creative and imaginative about the kinds of contributions which older people might make in their communities, in neighborhood organizations and by volunteering.
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In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.
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We reach the point where our profession is also our hobby.
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The mission of the playwright ... is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.
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I think an appeal to arms and to brute force is unbecoming the age in which we live. Would to God that the time had come when there should be no war, and that religion and peace should reign throughout the world.