James Bovard Quotes
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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My daughters related to something in the Spice Girls that made them feel better about being female. They truly started to believe girls could do anything. They could be fat, thin, anything they wanted to be.
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Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.
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I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.
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There is as much guidance in way that closes behind us as in way that opens up ahead of us. The opening may reveal our potentials while the closing may reveal our limits-two sides to the same coin, the coin called identity.
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Journalists must work to earn the trust of those they aim to serve.
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People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
