Bob Balaban Quotes

Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old - I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.

Bob Balaban

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 16, 1945

Topics

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I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.

Jenny Eclair

MeThinkSometimesDefendWithin

In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.

John Hickenlooper

BusinessRestaurantLearnYouMargin

If you're going to quit your job to focus on an idea, you get overly attached to that idea because you had it, and it's the reason you quit your job. Plus, most ideas are bad.

Matt Mullenweg

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I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.

Angie Thomas

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You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for that song that's being traded back and forth among millions of people on the Internet, you have to think like a businessperson.

Ann Powers

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Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life by only one person. This one person, who strives to give the best, may be overwhelmed, busy, trying to raise many children. And even in homes with two parents, many children are essentially alone.

Michael Gurian

LifeAloneChildrenBestParents

I had this dream of starting a pizza business since college. I came up with the name, menu, and recipes back then.

John Schnatter

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I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.

Tommy Chong

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Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown.

Dr. Dre

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An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy.

Dean Ornish

HealthyBecomeMorePatientEducated

I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.

David Selby

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When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.

Bruno Tonioli

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