John Hodgman Quotes
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I would like to have my gun for protection.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
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The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
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I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.
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I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day.
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I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.
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I am so saddened by the loss of our dear friend, Bonnie Franklin. She was just full of light and love. Bonnie will be very much missed by all the people she touched with her love.
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Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future.
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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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He's learning me all of his experience.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method.
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I'm honored to have been chosen as a fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. I am hugely appreciative for the support I have had throughout my life, and I look forward to using the grant to help institutions that have fed my soul and to support new work that inspires me.
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For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.
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All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.
