B. J. Porter Quotes
The shows need youth. All of our comics are getting too famous to do the show regularly. The people who are regulars five years ago, a lot of them have moved on and can't do the show anymore. We can't really get Jim Gaffigan anymore, we can't get Nick Swardson anymore.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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It's constantly fascinating for me that something that feels absolutely right one year, 12 months later feels like the wrong thing to do.
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
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The shows need youth. All of our comics are getting too famous to do the show regularly. The people who are regulars five years ago, a lot of them have moved on and can't do the show anymore. We can't really get Jim Gaffigan anymore, we can't get Nick Swardson anymore.
