John Sebastian Quotes
I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen.
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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I've always been clear - I feel good at Chelsea. Every week, I repeat the same on PSG. It's a big team but an inferior league. I don't want to return to France, because I've won everything over there - the league title, cup, best player, best young player.
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I like to build things. I like to do things.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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I want characters I can live for in a setting that makes me feel like I'm there.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.
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When our schedules are busy, and we are working hard on the tasks immediately at hand, it can be difficult to see that big, potential breakthrough idea right in front of us, much less act on it.
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I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen.
