Phoebe Robinson Quotes
Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
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I always have to be writing.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.
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When something's good, I'm not an over-celebrator.
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Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.
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I'm very interested in theories in how we exist: how people exist and how souls exist separate from their bodies or their brains.
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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
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I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.
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I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.
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Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs.
