James Bobin Quotes
I think we live in an entertainment world where performers like to flaunt how great they are. The Conchords don't do that. Even when they stumble onstage, people like it.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.
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Three days in a city now and I'm quite flipped. There's too much noise. I just can't do with it.
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I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.
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Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
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I think we live in an entertainment world where performers like to flaunt how great they are. The Conchords don't do that. Even when they stumble onstage, people like it.
