John Hodgman Quotes
Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

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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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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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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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The old men running the industry just have not got a clue. They've got to come to terms with the fact that Britain is no longer a totally white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks and drink tea. The national dish is no longer fish and chips; it's curry.
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The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.
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Francis Lawrence is an astonishing filmmaker, an incredibly gifted visual filmmaker. I have great respect for his work.
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The prostheses do not run the race on their own: there is an athlete who does the work, and the prosthetics do not make a significant difference to the time.
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Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.