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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If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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Perhaps he Mondrian was too faithful to a single discovery. And perhaps that kind of painting was right for the period. But now peace and harmony are no longer possible. There is only anguish.
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I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character. You're just looking at someone... if someone's really good in an audition, sometimes they're not good in the film. It's something you learn when you're doing short films. It's the same way that some people do well at taking tests and some people don't. But when you're on a long-term filmmaking process it's a completely different feeling.
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A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.
