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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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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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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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
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If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110%, or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.
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The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.
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I'm trying to stay as healthy as possible but there's no pressure to be really skinny. No. That's just a bit wrong.
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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes!
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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.
