Joe Rogan

When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago.

American Comedian

Dave Itzkoff

Robin Williams was a cultural hero of mine, and in the encounters and interactions I was able to share with him, he was always gentle and generous, humane and thoughtful and hilarious.

American Journalist

Carrie Vaughn

Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world.

American Author

Brook Lopez

Robin is the exaggerated version of me. He's more of a cartoon character.

American Basketball Player

Shinji Kagawa

Robin Van Persie is a sensational striker and one of the best in Europe.

Japanese Athlete

Paul Mooney

Robin Williams learned technique. He has the technique of being funny.

Patrice Evra

Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney are both outstanding players.

French Athlete

Maurice Gibb

Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that.

Australian Musician

Emilia Clarke

I tried a robin heart once. It wasn't very good.

English Actress

Cameron Monaghan

American Actor

Robins often symbolize spring and renewal in storytelling.

Bird Symbolism

Identify robins by observing their bright orange chest, especially in European species.

Visual Identification

Robins are featured in Christmas iconography, especially in the UK.

Cultural Presence

The American robin's song is recognized as a series of cheerful musical whistles.

Distinctive Song

The American robin is an important cultural symbol, representing three states.

State Symbol

Robin can be a unisex first name, though historically more common for males.

Common First Name

The name Robin often has friendly diminutives like Rob or Robbie.

Diminutive Variants

Robin as Batman's sidekick appeals to comic book and superhero culture.

Comic Reference

Robin is often portrayed as younger and less experienced than Batman.

Youthful Hero

The robin cocktail might be named for its orange color, much like the bird's breast.

Color Association

Robin cocktails are often enjoyed in informal, relaxed settings.

Casual Drink

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 we know that spending time in the natural world is a rich multi-sensory experience and in recent years we started to pay more attention to how the sounds of nature might be therapeutic listening to songbirds so things like blackbird robin wren here in the uk could be really

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 So how wild are they really if they're being this carefully managed? It's occurred to me that a ground squirrel or a city robin is in some ways wilder than these wolves, because although they might live in a city, no one is managing their day-to-day life.

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 or too much stomach acid. Marshall thought the culprit was bacterial infections. Initially, his idea was considered crazy by the brightest medical minds on the planet. But in 2005, he and Dr. Robin Warren received the ultimate validation

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 Rojas married artists whose story I've been wanting to tell since I first heard it 13 years ago a robin redbreast started hurling itself at the glass window in their living room it wouldn't stop Claire said it knew you were coming

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 side that lift force makes it travel sideways faster than his rudder can correct luckily the pilot was fine which is more than can be said for the reliant robin maybe best stick to a proper helicopter with an actual tail rotor

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 and we've seen him quite regularly lately and very characteristic black stripe on the face sort of through the eye from the eyebrow and a very streaky chest very easy to identify thrushes versus robin chats which frequent very

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