T. J. Miller Quotes
I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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You have to be yourself.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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X Out is perfect for my schedule. It is so simple, fast and actually works. I am more confident in my own skin and always camera ready - a necessity in my line of work.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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I think music is to have fun. It's for people to have a good time with.
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I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.
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He said that humanity in the main was crass, stupid, boorish and vulgar, and that I could learn at least this much from you.
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The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.
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I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
