Homer Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
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I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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I started doing comedy with no plan to do voice work. Voice work came as a function of doing comedy and meeting people who eventually develop shows like that. I didn't seek out from an early age to be on cartoons.
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White Americans can go a long time without ever thinking about the color of their skin. Black and brown Americans have no choice but to confront issues of race every day.
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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I need to be able to be at a gig and just put my bag on the floor and not worry about it being stood on or getting ruined. You want a bag that can go through anything. And a little bit of softness is always lovely. If I don't have a dog, I can just pet my bag!
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Truth, as ever, avoids the stranger.
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I started violently, as if some unseen hand had goosed me.
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I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
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Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.
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There is more to the game than hitting it far. There are ways to make birdies other than hitting 350-yard drives. I pride myself on a good short game; I work very hard at it.
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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
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If you want more energy, put yourself in situations where energy is required. Your body will naturally respond and always produce the energy you need, but not if you're just sitting around complaining about not having enough energy.
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O all ye exorcizers come and exorcize now, and ye clergymen draw nigh and clerge,For I wish to be purged of an urge.It is an irksome urge, compounded of nettles and glue,And it is turning all my friends back into acquaintances, and all my acquaintances into people who look the other way when I heave into view.
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See, I'm looking for a man that'll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low.
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I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is -- and it's me.
