Judith Rodin Quotes
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Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.
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When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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I worked at Starbucks when I was 16... It was all right.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.
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I did the 'Justice League' thing the wrong way. I read too much on the Internet. You can't do that. The Internet is the devil. Or the Internet is not the devil - the comment boards are the devil.
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If it is something that I want to do, then I don't think the audience will hate it. Unless I turn into a megalomaniac and start thinking that Salman Khan can do anything.
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My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?'
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When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line.
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My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.
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It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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Sam Cooke was a gospel singer like myself, and when he crossed over and started singing rock n' roll, it kind of gave me the green light to go ahead and do it.
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My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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With Photosynth, all of those photos become linked together, and they make something emergent that's greater than the sum of the parts.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'
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A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.
