John Hodgman Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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I have always lived an ordinary life, and always will. It's who and what has to do with my job that makes it 'unordinary.' I cook, go to the supermarket, pick my children up at school.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
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I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.
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If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.
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Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely'.
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It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
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My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.
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Marriage is when a man stops disappointing many women and focuses on disappointing one!
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The most important book on the Internet is, essentially, the Internet.
