B. J. Porter Quotes

We're having so much writing some of the sillier stuff that never would have been on Mr. Show. And that's not a knock on Mr. Show at all, because it's my favorite comedy show of all time. Even before I worked on it. It's just really refreshing to write something so stupid and say, "We gotta do that."

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• North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.

  

  Barbara Demick
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• When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

  

  Carl Rogers
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• I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
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• I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.

  

  Laura Benanti
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• Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

  

  T. J. Miller
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• So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.

  

  Gavin DeGraw
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• Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.

  

  Ramakrishna
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• My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
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• I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.

  

  Rachel McAdams
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  • Canada

• In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
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• My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

  

  Samuel Hoffenstein
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• Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.

  

  Carlos Slim
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• I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.

  

  Tali Lennox
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• I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.

  

  Usain Bolt
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• We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.

  

  Lana Wachowski
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• I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.

  

  Kate Bush
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• It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.

  

  Floyd Abrams
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• If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.

  

  Maisie Williams
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• I think taxpayers should be outraged that retirees and administrators are walking away with thousands in accrued benefits and bonuses.

  

  Kathy Szeliga
  • Walking

• J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
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• A lot of the time, when people meet someone in a wheelchair, or with some disability, it's the first thing they notice, but they don't know how to react.

  

  Zach Anner
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• I'm just a guy up on a hill writing.

  

  James A. Michener
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• We're having so much writing some of the sillier stuff that never would have been on Mr. Show. And that's not a knock on Mr. Show at all, because it's my favorite comedy show of all time. Even before I worked on it. It's just really refreshing to write something so stupid and say, "We gotta do that."

  

  B. J. Porter
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