John Hodgman Quotes
The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my family is around.
Quotes to Explore
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic over the orthodox, innovation over stagnation, and free speech over offense.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
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I got the best of Rod. And I am fully aware that, even though I love listening to his stories of the crazy days, no relationship could really last then. I sometimes wish I could go back in time to the 1970s or 1980s, sit at a bar, and observe him, but I'm glad our time came when it did.
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I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation.
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I can't wait to be back on the dance floor. I feel really good about it.
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My husband is a high-level executive at one of the largest media companies on the planet. He leads a worldwide team of more people than I can keep track of. He worked his way up from an assistant with drive and determination.
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The few people who ask to have their photographs with me, I almost always say yes, except for a few circumstances, like when my family is around.
