James Bobin Quotes
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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I have my dad's shape. No booty.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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I write novels and other things.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
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It was strange at times. We had to make out so much that we kind of got over it. It was really awkward.
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It was right after I dropped the song 'Don't,' and it started to go viral a little bit. That's when I was like, 'Alright, I might have something here.' Actually, I wasn't even going to quit my job, but Timbaland called me - we have a mutual friend - and he was like, 'Yo man, you need to work in Miami.'
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We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.
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The thing about me is that my secret passion is history.
