Bob Goff Quotes
Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
Quotes to Explore
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.
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I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
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Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.
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I must confess that the original 'Pretty Woman' was terrific and a hit, but I always felt that creatively I didn't do justice to Richard Gere's character. So in the musical, we have some great new moments for Richard's character.
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Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
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When you literally build a state of granite, it takes a certain toughness and perseverance as well as a unique blend of community and independence: a culture that also helps spur economic growth.
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Ironically, heavier comedians, actors, and the characters they play are actually more sympathetic, and easier for audiences to identify with, than the svelte.
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I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages.
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I thought it would be cool to Skype with fans on their birthday and spend, like, a half-hour with them. I did a couple of two-hour Skypes. I just hang out with them and play songs and stuff. At first they're kind of shy, but after a while they open up. I've had a lot of people tell me I'm doing something no one has ever done before.
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'Twin Peaks' is my favorite show of all time.
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Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.
