Bob Goff Quotes
Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it.
Quotes to Explore
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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.
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There are things I can accomplish in the studio via manipulation on the computer or some kind of effect that are nearly impossible to do live. On the flip side, there are some things that happen live that can't be pulled off in the studio.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.
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I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
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People don't always do what they say they're going to do.
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A lot of people assume I have a great hat collection, but kids steal my hats at every show. I've had all these hats that I've loved, but now they're in some little kids' possession. It's difficult to replenish. I don't think the kids realize this.
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We like to crystallize something in the audience's brain that makes them say, 'Hey I really want to watch that. I'm really interested in it.'
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As a reporter, I embedded for modest stints with American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. When I'm asked about those experiences, I always say - and mean - that we civilians don't deserve the soldiers we have.
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We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.
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I was crashing with a boyfriend on his couch in Fort Green. At first, I was temping - insurance agencies, nonprofits - and then, in between temping, I was going on job interviews, and I could name 12 publications, some of which no longer exist, that didn't even call me back or interviewed me and had no interest.
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I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.
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I'm the king of debt.
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I actually hated dancing. My mum used to have to bribe me to go by buying me things. A year before I stopped going, I was going to go for an audition with the Royal Ballet. It turned out I was a year too young. Because I was tall, they thought I was older. But before I had the chance to go back, I quit.
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Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it.
