John Hodgman Quotes
Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
Quotes to Explore
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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I don't eat any red meat.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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We started about three years before YouTube existed, so we had to host all the videos on our own servers at a co-location facility. When we got so many hits on our first few videos, and we estimated our bandwidth bill was going to be about $12,000 a month, we knew that we had to establish a business model ASAP.
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True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.
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A successful school has to engage all the people, all the powers, and all the capacities within it.
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Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.
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Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
