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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Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth - the soil and the labourer.
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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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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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I don't feel closeted.
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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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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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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'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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I love playing other people's work. I love acting.
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So much of what I do... is coming up with new characters and trying to invent voices for them, and to have people fully fleshed out in my head and to know who can say what in the scene and who these characters are... I love it.
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IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
