Mike Birbiglia Quotes

It sounds so nerdy and pathetic, but what I always do on Sunday afternoon is bring my inbox down to zero, which is so sad. But e-mail has become like homework for adults. I'll have 141 messages from people who will be offended if I don't write back.

Mike Birbiglia

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I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

John Otto

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There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.

Max Born

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I am fairly obsessive compulsive.

Stephen McFeely

I AmAmCompulsiveFairlyObsessive

I've got the best job in the world; I love it. I get to meet so many interesting people, and I get to make sure that other people with disabilities can tell their own stories as well.

Stella Young

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I'd quite like to write a book about comics, actually. But trying to write about comics as literature, which I don't think anyone's really done before. Sometimes they're more like fan books, and I'd quite like to write one about the Marvel universe over the last 50 years. It's an unprecedented achievement to create that length of continuity.

Stewart Lee

AchievementBookThinkUniverseDone

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

Rita Mae Brown

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I started out as a business manager for a national hotel chain based in Oklahoma. I got frustrated with what was happening in the state capital - the high cost of doing business and a lack of educated workers.

Mary Fallin

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When I say, 'I can't stay long, I'm in-between meals,' that plays differently on the radio than it does in person. So I have to pick material that works because the words are funny, not just because of the images.

Louie Anderson

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In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

Janine Turner

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If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.

Christopher Priest

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Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid!

Sylvia Sidney

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I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.

Sebastian Thrun

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