Ben Gibbard Quotes

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

Ben Gibbard

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TimeForwardThinkPushYouHealthy

America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.

Jerry Garcia

NatureThinkAmericaStillI Think

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

John Henry Newman

LoveMenFriendsExerciseOnlyOur

I can't remember in 1980 who I voted for. I wish I could tell you.

Jeff Greene

WishRememberYouI WishTellWho

The idea of growing up in the South and being a man is an interesting thing; there's a lot masculinity involved, with hunting, fishing, and playing sports that rural people take pride in, but at the same time, I grew up really not wanting to hate anybody.

Jason Isbell

SportsTimeHateFishingManPeople

I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stanley Kramer's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' as more of an exercise in anti-comedy than humor.

Dick Cavett

LoveHumorWorldFriendsExercise

Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there.

Deirdre O'Kane

YourselfWaitingPeopleReadingYou

When it comes to sports, it requires a lot mentally and physically.

Kylie Bunbury

SportsMentallyLotPhysically

When I came back I had to realize that IC was not in a very good shape - all the much money that we had because of the huge Ideal success, was gone. I was very upset.

Klaus Schulze

SuccessGoodMoneyBackUpsetShape

A fool is wise in his eyes.

King Solomon

EyesFoolWiseHis

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

Janet Flanner

Keep GoingOverKeepGoingPatNag

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Hunter S. Thompson

SportsWeirdTurnGoingProGets

I like a singalong. And I'm a bit of a sentimentalist for the past myself.

Howard Jacobson

MyselfPastLikeBit

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