Dexter Holland Quotes
You hear about bands who say, "We did one show where only 20 people showed up", well that was our average gig for five years.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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'24' is such an iconic show.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.
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When I'm away from the field, I show a little more emotion and stuff.
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Touring on 'Folie' was like being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in clandestine hoods.
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The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from wanting to host a standard-fare kind of talk show.
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Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.
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Ru Paul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
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I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.
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My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann. It was in 2006 in Holland. It was amazing. I had only been doing stand-up for four years, and I booked that gig through the Just For Laughs Montreal festival, and they flew me out and put me up.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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I've seen bands split up for five years and do nothing. That sounds great to me, but it just hasn't worked out that way.
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I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show.
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My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set, and it was at Saint Martins College of Art in 1975. We were opening up for a band called Bazooka Joe, and their bass player at the time was Adam Ant, who went on to form Adam and the Ants.
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Mime is exemplary. It makes one want to do as it does. It makes one want to rise up.
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...repeating helps people get over sorrow. Otherwise the words build up in you, a lamentation, and you can't stop grieving.
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You hear about bands who say, "We did one show where only 20 people showed up", well that was our average gig for five years.
