Manoj Bhargava Quotes
If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
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Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?
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Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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You know what happens in all the big companies and business in the world. If something doesn't work, you have to find a solution.
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When you're playing jazz, you have to somehow overcome that feeling of being intimidated because your aim is to portray that freedom in what you're playing.
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I had to steal to survive.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
