Mike Birbiglia Quotes

Media is so weird; everything is so accessible now. It used to be this thing where, if you did something on 'This American Life,' this predates me, but when David Sedaris did it, for example, it would just play, people who heard it heard it, and then the book would come out a year later, and people would be like, 'Ahh, I kind of remember that.'

Mike Birbiglia

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Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress.

Joan Smalls

CultureDressFashionMorePretty

I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.

Joe Arpaio

CompassionPeopleLawYouOver

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

Anna Quindlen

LifeAmericaVictimMayMentality

My mother was an Earth Mother and the nicest person in the world.

Angelina Jolie

MotherWorldEarthPersonNicest

My goal has always been to make classic records, classic albums. Sometimes the recording process and the era it was recorded in means the production leans in a particular way, but to me they are all part of the same process.

Steve Winwood

MeProcessGoalSometimesWaySame

Dr. Larry and Viki are the only original characters left on the show.

Michael Storm

OriginalLeftShowOnlyCharacters

Don't do a hard sell or try to tell the agent that you're going to be a bestseller or the next John Grisham. This goes down very badly. If your work is good, then they are skilled enough to know this within a few pages.

Lisa Jewell

WorkGoodEnoughYouDownKnow

There's so many great coming-of-age movies to steal from, and I feel like I just tried to steal from them all equally.

Jon Watts

GreatFeelMoviesI Feel LikeJust

When you look at yourself in a mirror, do you like what you see, or do you judge your body and use the word to tell yourself lies? If you believe that you are not attractive enough, then you believe a lie, and you are using the word against yourself, against the truth.

Don Miguel Ruiz

TruthMirrorLieYourselfBelieve

As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.

Brett Kavanaugh

BestLawJudgeYearLookHire

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

Bobby Orr

LifeWinYouWhereGoingJust

To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

Bobby Seale

PowerSocietyPoliticalYouNeed

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