Bob Goff Quotes
The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.
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I never cared about modeling. As a model, you're powerless.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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It may come as a surprise, but Frou Frou was really like a kind of little holiday from my own work. Guy and I, we have always worked together, and then over the years, it became clear that we wanted to do a whole album together. It was very organic and spontaneous - just one of those wonderful things that happens.
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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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Honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.
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Many people struggle to make hummus that lives up to their expectations at home, and recreating a favourite brand or the stuff from your local deli is almost impossible.
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Before I was governor, tuition was skyrocketing, and we stopped that. We capped and then we froze college tuition.
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Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.
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Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.
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The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.
