James Bobin Quotes
I've always liked the Muppets. I watched 'The Muppet Show' in England every week as a child. The show was originally broadcast in England.
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We were descended from royalty.
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Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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Sometimes, America, when something's too bad, we don't want to look at it. We want to turn our head.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.
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I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
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It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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My mother is still battling alcoholism.
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I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, sometimes it's almost a whole show where I wing it. It depends on my mood, the energy in the room. For sure, a portion of it is just kind of winging it.
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UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
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If all the world and love were young,And truth in every shepherd's tongue,These pretty pleasures might me moveTo live with thee and be thy Love.But fading flowers in every field,To winter floods their treasures yield;A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall,Is Fancy's spring, but Sorrow's fall.
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A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
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I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out.
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Oh fuck. If I kill this guy, I'll have millions of nerds on my case.
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I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.
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I have my Poetry 180 project, which I've made my main project. We encourage high schools, because that's really where, for most people, poetry dies off and gets buried under other adolescent pursuits.
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I've always liked the Muppets. I watched 'The Muppet Show' in England every week as a child. The show was originally broadcast in England.
