Cato the Elder Quotes
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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
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Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.
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When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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Sometimes you should just put down the computer, the phone, and walk away.
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I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.
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For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.
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I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Sometimes you do get caught up in the midst of becoming... a product, a brand, and not having a say in any of that.
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Fame creeps up on you.
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When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see what works and what doesn't. Sometimes you do test screenings, and an audience tells you that, or sometimes you eventually just go, 'Let's cut the joke out.'
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It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.
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The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.
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There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it.
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When North Koreans cross the border into China, they are stunned to learn that the Chinese can afford to eat rice daily, sometimes for three meals daily.
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I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.
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Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!
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Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.
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If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
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God made man simple, but how he changed and got complicated is hard to say.
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For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
