John Hodgman Quotes

More people have more access to more readers for less money than ever before in history. It means a lot of dross; but it means a lot of very talented people can find and nurture a readership in ways that were not possible twenty years ago. From a creative perspective, that is all that writing is about.

John Hodgman

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I was a weird kid.

Jill Sobule

WeirdKid

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.

John C. Calhoun

PowerTogetherGovernmentPeopleUp

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.

Jeff Tweedy

MyselfMomentBrainWritingThink

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

John Ruskin

ManSmallUpPrettyPackageHe

I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But sometimes I cannot. For me, I cannot.

Rithy Panh

GoodPeopleMeThinkSometimesLike

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek.

Jones Very

RelationshipGreatnessThoughtsFeel

In my heart of hearts, I know that whatever I do is going to have integrity, and I'm going to work really hard, and I know that fans are going to take to it.

Christy Romano

WorkIntegrityHeartKnowHardFans

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

Christina Aguilera

TimeFunHave FunToughSexySame

This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail.

Connie Sellecca

CareTake CareInspirationEverything

I've come to the conclusion that the best way for me to grow is in a very self-forgiving way: to take a risk and, in response to how a record pans out, take a risk in the opposite charge.

Arca

BestMeGrowWayRiskOut

I grew up listening to a lot of Usher at 13 and 14. I have every Usher album that ever existed. So I grew up listening to a lot of Usher, Michael Jackson, Luis Miguel, a lot of pioneers in Latin music.

Prince Royce

MusicListeningUpAlbumEveryEver

I think it's a problem that we don't have more companies like Facebook. It shouldn't be the only company that's doing this well.

Peter Thiel

ThinkProblemDoingMoreCompany

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