Bill Oberst Jr. Quotes
The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.
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Predicting innovation is something of a self-canceling exercise: the most probable innovations are probably the least innovative.
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
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Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.
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You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.
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The key thing is that you start every film from sort of a blank page, almost like you discover it like a child discovers a new world.
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Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're not acting on a series, you don't get the ability to communicate to people.
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I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'
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Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists.
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The group of guys I came up with in the 1990s were very innovative. I remember some of the older guys were complaining about how the music had changed, and they were being left behind. I didn't want to be one of those guys who sat around and complained because they weren't growing and evolving.
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I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.
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President Obama and I can meet, shake hands and discuss current issues, we - and I am personally - are always ready for such contacts.
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Even with only two people on board, where maintenance is a large piece of our working day, we still have time to do scientific research. We have to be ready to support those Shuttle visits in a lot of different ways.
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There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.
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The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.
