Eric Reed Boucher (Jello Biafra) Quotes
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My interests span biology, though sometimes I feel like an anachronism, somebody from the Victorian era when there weren't so many boundaries dividing the sciences.
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The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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There are some who think that the government is limited in how many corruption cases it can bring against Wall Street, because juries can't understand the complexity of the financial schemes involved. But in 'U.S.A. v. Carollo,' that turned out not to be true.
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Writing poems is a chance to construct spaces that I want to imaginatively inhabit.
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You can't always trust people with your heart, but you should still love anyway. That's what I would say.
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You only have one go at life, which is thrilling. Only you can make yourself into who you want to be. Don't blame anybody else. You are entitled to free fresh air, and that's it. Do the rest yourself.
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When a voice behind me whispered low,'That fellow's got to swing.'
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You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.
