Bob Harper Quotes
When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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I have over a hundred clocks. I've got fancy clocks and clocks from all over the world that people made for me.
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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.
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It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.
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I remember having a lot of Josh White albums. Johnny Cash. Elvis. I loved the Coasters.
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I work with a lot of scientists, and one of the frustrating things they find is that all this fascinating stuff is being done which doesn't find its way into science fiction. They say look at the science fact pages - they're so much more imaginative than science fiction.
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Technology is mostly a force for good, but it has its downsides, too. I want my students - and my readers - to be intelligently skeptical about technology and be informed about the good and the not-so-good parts.
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By definition, gay is smart. I see plenty of macho heterosexual idiots, but nine times out of 10 you can have a great conversation if you find a gay guy.
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When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.
