Bob Garfield Quotes
Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.
Quotes to Explore
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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My story about becoming an actor is a completely non-romantic one. I became an actor because my parents were actors, and it seemed like a very... I knew I was going to act all my life, but I didn't know that I was going to be a professional actor. I thought I was just going to work as an actor every now and then.
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I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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I don't think there's something inherently irreligious about comics.
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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did - bronze, silver or gold.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.
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You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?
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There's a line I love in Conan The Barbarian where someone says, "That used to be another snake cult, now I see it everywhere." That's certainly true of documentaries. I wouldn't say it's ubiquitous, but it's become close to ubiquitous. It's everywhere.
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I guess, like most foreigners, when you're away, you see your own culture being even more strange. But where I come from and my roots mean a lot. I miss my family and my friends. Something I've realized as I've been traveling is that it's more about the actual people than the actual place.
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Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.
