Tom Green (Michael Thomas Green) Quotes
It's exciting to be able to do something completely independent without anybody challenging it, and it's a big part of the reason why I'm enjoying doing the stand-up comedy, is I'm able to go out and interact with people one-on-one after the show. It's very punk-rock.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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In England people are very proud of being very stupid.
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I am severely dyslexic, so I'm not the person who can do a lot of typing, writing and mathematics. I don't excel in anything except in things that had to do with creativity and things with my hands. I like to build things and take things apart.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies.
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I do not believe in hypocrisy.
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Those Laurel Canyon days were great. I have a real fondness for that era, 'til about '68. Musically, it was wonderful, and there was this great innocence, an idyllic view of the world. After that, everything got a little... edgy.
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Life's picking up speed.
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I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.
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Bragging just sounds good, man.
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I spend a lot more time on my wardrobe than my makeup routine and usually have to be told to brush my hair!
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I love playing to people and seeing them react.
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In general, you don't want competitors to understand your business outside of telling people your revenue and profitability numbers.
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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
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Find your passion. Because with that passion, you can do anything.
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It's exciting to be able to do something completely independent without anybody challenging it, and it's a big part of the reason why I'm enjoying doing the stand-up comedy, is I'm able to go out and interact with people one-on-one after the show. It's very punk-rock.
