Tom Bodett Quotes

Professor Al Drake encouraged me to just write the way I talk. I decided if that's what I needed to do, I didn't need to be in school to do it.

Tom Bodett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 23, 1955

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If someone attacks me, and they want to punch or kick me, I can just run away. They're not holding onto me. I can get away from them.

Jocko Willink

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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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All the trends show that email usage among the younger cohorts of Internet users is declining. Whether it will take five or 30 years for email to go extinct, I'm not sure.

Andrew Mason

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The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.

Maxim Gorky

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Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

John O. Brennan

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Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too.

Matt de la Pena

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Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.

Stephen Baker

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I want to play Champions League every year; I want to be at a big club and win trophies. That's my target.

Riyad Mahrez

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You can't deny your limitations.

Mika

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I grew up nerdy, scrawny, playing video games, and getting picked on.

Josh Keaton

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After I had the Caesarean, I was told I had really strong stomach muscles and so would heal very quickly. And I did. I was up walking about within three hours. Six days after having her, I was out shopping and shortly after that I made it to David Walliams' wedding.

Denise Van Outen

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My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny.

Cindy Sheehan

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