John Hodgman Quotes
Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.
Quotes to Explore
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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When I'm in good form there are chances that rivals will worry more about you more than you about them.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I started doing a half-hour Sunday night talk show on college radio station KUNV. That excited me more than anything I'd ever done. I went through the Yellow Pages to find people who seemed interesting. I'd goof on these people, but they were so excited to be on the radio that they didn't even notice.
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There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.
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One of the things you learn as an actor is that human beings are capable of almost anything. I'm sort of in the business of illustrating that fact.
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Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.
