David Javerbaum Quotes

As a Jew reading about Jesus, I thought, 'He's a pretty good guy.' It's the same conclusion Monty Python drew in 'Life of Brian' - if people actually live what he did, it would be a pretty good world. But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best.

David Javerbaum

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Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.

John Lydon

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Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

Soren Kierkegaard

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I'm getting guarded like nobody else in the country is being guarded, scouted on like no one else in the country is.

Trae Young

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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

Roald Dahl

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Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days.

Robin Roberts

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I've worked with Bette Davis, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda. Here's the thing they all have in common: They all, even in their 70s, worked a little harder than everyone else.

Ron Howard

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I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.

Mike Myers

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My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

Dolly Parton

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The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.

Conan O'Brien

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After 40 years of not playing, I admit I'm totally in love with my guitar. It's a Froggy Bottom acoustic steel string guitar. All I have to do is hit a couple of clean chords and the endorphins are right there. It's like the top of my head has come off and stardust and magic have fallen in.

April Gornik

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Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

Woody Allen

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When I was in middle school, we had moved from Texas to Orange County. I didn't fit in, and it was pretty lonely.

Pedro Pascal

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