John Hodgman Quotes
A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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The very provision of benches by the council or the corporation acknowledges the human need to be private in public, to be conspicuously idle, to have nothing better to do.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn't have any costume changes. Following one character's arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset.
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Yesternight the sun went hence, And yet is here today.
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Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders.
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I don't believe love is real love if it remains cloistered within the confines of an intimate relationship; it should transcend the private sphere. As an artist that means training an eye on the suffering in the world, then acting on behalf of others.
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I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that this legislation did pass and we mean business by it. We mean to have it enforced, we mean to have it become effective.
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A lot of media that that I want to consume, I don't want to have to own forever and ever. It's not like real estate.
