James Bobin Quotes
If you know people, it's so much more fun working with them because it's like your family is back together again.
Quotes to Explore
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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What is acceptable in our culture, I think, is really detrimental. I think we ought to have a little more ownership over the kind of material and the content that we put in front of people, especially young people.
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I kind of like carbon taxes because we already know how to apply them. We already have apparatus in place. When we talk about these other solutions - like a billion tons of iron filings in the ocean or putting sunshades between us and the sun - they're huge. We have no idea if they will work. We have no idea what their nasty consequences might be. And it's unlikely we can do them anyway.
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It feels great to know that more people are finding work and gaining the experience, not to mention self-confidence, that they need.
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You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
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The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
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If you know people, it's so much more fun working with them because it's like your family is back together again.
