Bob Balaban Quotes
My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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I became obnoxious to the Jacobins because I reprobated their aristocracy, which aimed at usurping all legitimate authority.
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Genius is never understood in its own time.
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Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.
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Cooking is an important part of a good, stable family life. I like to get the family together; there's a huge nurturing element in it.
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If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.
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My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
