Bob Goff Quotes
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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I really hate to write.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musician. The idea of it is enticing and fun and mysterious. But the reality is long hours and hard work. I have a lot of respect for the women I've dated.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
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Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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We all know the tragedy of the dustbowls, the cruel unforgivable erosions of the soil, the depletion of fish or game, and the shrinking of the noble forests. And we know that such catastrophes shrivel the spirit of the people... The wilderness is pushed back, man is everywhere. Solitude, so vital to the individual man, is almost nowhere.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.
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Love finds us where we are, not where we were.