John Selden Quotes
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I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thing that's been put on television in years. It's amazing.
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No country should waste wireless spectrum. Especially not India, where the cellphone has become the personal computer.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
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When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs.
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That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.
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When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use.
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Few people know how to be old.
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I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'
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Folks say that you've found someone new to do the things I used to do for you. Just call my name, I'm not ashamed, I'll come running back to you. Can't sleep at night, Ican't eat a bite. When you were mine I didn't treat you right. Just call my name,I know, I know I'm not ashamed. I'll come running back to you.
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Unfathomable mind, now beacon, now sea.
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Wishing, of all employments, is the worst.
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Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.
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That's still the greatest high, that feeling of being in control of 2,000 people. It's me and them, and I like the odds. It's not even so much the funny. It's getting them quiet. In the quiet moments in '700 Sundays,' I just really love that they're getting moved.
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You'd be surprised at how many times I'd hit the ball, and the hair would go straight into my eyes. That's why, even when I play indoors, I wear a visor, because it stops that, and I'll apply a lot of gel and hairspray to keep it tight.
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After I finished working for Estee Lauder, I stopped being a professional model. I decided to never again advertise something that I don't actually use. I only sign up for things that I truly believe in.
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To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting.
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During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.
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It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.
