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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We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.
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It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance.
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Books and people are hard to compare.
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It is important to reflect on the kindness of others. Every aspect of our present well-being is due to others' hard work. The buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat, are all provided by others. None of them would exist but for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.
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Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
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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.
