Josh Gondelman Quotes
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?
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When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.
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Wonder Woman, she's amazing. I love everything that she represents and everything that she stands for. She's all about love and compassion and truth and justice and equality, and she's a whole lot of woman.
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
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In life, there's a ladder sometimes, and maybe at the top, there's a mirror. You take a step up, then maybe three steps down... just because you don't want to face the decloaking in the mirror.
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I dreamed big. So it's so great to be living my own dream. I'm working in an industry that I want to work in, and I'm doing something that I love every day. So I feel really lucky to have had so many opportunities.
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You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.
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When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.
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I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.
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A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.
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The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.
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Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
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What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life snap? Would the heart over weighted with sudden joy stop beating for very excess of happiness?
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When you laugh with good-hearted innocence at your own creations, you are free.
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A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.
