Bill Griffith Quotes
Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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In Japan, there's a TV series called Jin. It deals with time travel. I like stories about time travel. It's a story about people living in modern day that travel back to the Edo era. Those things really interest me.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.
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I just can't read music.
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I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.
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If a writer doesn't do anything but give a new word to his language and, from there, maybe to other languages, I think that writer redefines the world.
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The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.
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Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.
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Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote a lot of stuff for Phil Spector... we had done all rock and roll and rhythm and blues. I mean, we liked ballads and I suppose we did them OK, but that wasn't where we were emotionally and musically coming from.
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Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
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Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut.
