James Bovard Quotes
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
Quotes to Explore
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element?
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I find that working with friends is always the goal, even if it's just one person. Because the comedy community is kind of insular, it's easy to run into people you've worked with, even if you worked with someone on something for a day, or whatever.
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I'm terrible with patience.
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For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death Then am I A happy fly If I live Or if I die.
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Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe
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Especially when you're working so closely with people and you have to develop intense relationships, it's great when you have a relationship and a rapport with them.
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The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
