B. J. Novak Quotes
Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
Quotes to Explore
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
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For Eid - or Raya, as the Malaysians call it - we love to shop for new clothes for the festive season. There will be open houses to go to, and Malaysians love to look good for these.
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It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.
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When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
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I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.
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There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can't think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point.
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After all, you have a lot going for you if you’re willing to commit to learning the fox trot when you hate dancing, or giving up your cherished Saturday-morning run for a regular bedroom session of holding hands naked while staring into each other’s eyes (and seeing where that leads).
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"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
