Bob Harper Quotes
Our external environment no longer seems to have any firm boundaries, any limits, or any positive cues about when to stop consuming anything. I mean, there is a reason that people get fat - it's easy and cheap to get high-calorie, tasty food.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
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There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
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If what you create does not outlive you, then you have failed.
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You see people on the street yelling and think they're crazy, but maybe they're just happy and expressing what they feel at all times.
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I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.
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And my husband and I have been together for 10 years, so I guess people felt a part of it and it makes me feel really good
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Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
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I like people who are devoted to me: men who know I'm the most fabulous thing in the world, and they just look at me with adoration. That's how my dad looked at my mom, and that's how I expected to be looked at.
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When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
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Our external environment no longer seems to have any firm boundaries, any limits, or any positive cues about when to stop consuming anything. I mean, there is a reason that people get fat - it's easy and cheap to get high-calorie, tasty food.
