Ben Gibbard Quotes

We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to explore. We always let the record kind of reveal itself to us over time.

Ben Gibbard

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TimeStartDownNewKindTalk

There's nothing better than a sci-fi fan, let me tell you. Once you're in with them, you're in for life.

Jewel Staite

LifeMeBetterYouNothingTell

The transformation of the D.C. Circuit has been replicated in federal courts around the country. Obama has had two hundred and eighty judges confirmed, which represents about a third of the federal judiciary.

Jeffrey Toobin

TransformationCountryJudgesTwo

I really think that the music is the food for our souls.

Andris Nelsons

MusicFoodThinkOurSoulsReally

'Animal Man' and 'Swamp Thing' have so many commonalities in tone and mood.

Jeff Lemire

ManAnimalMoodToneSwampMany

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

Michael Bloomberg

BusinessGovernmentPeopleThinkEnd

What the Shin Bet did in the Bus 300 affair is no less than declaring a revolt. They took the methods of manipulation, disinformation, threats, blackmail, etc. and instead of using them against the enemy, they used these tactics against their own side.

Ronen Bergman

EnemyManipulationBusSideOwnBet

I just love comedy, and I honestly believe that laughter transcends everything. If everyone laughed together, laughed more, it would unite the world in peace.

Masi Oka

LoveTogetherPeaceLaughterWorld

I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.

Mike Quigley

PoliticsBadYearsPolicyUniversity

Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government.

Mikhail Gorbachev

LifeWorkWomenGovernmentSpace

Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look.

Mike D

WeatherColdThinkingLookRock

During the Reagan years, government shut down eight different times under a Democrat Congress. The president and Congress worked together and got things straightened out. Under the Carter years, again a Democrat Congress, the government shut down five times.

Mitt Romney

TogetherGovernmentDownCongress

We've created an unnatural form of running. It's not just the shoes, but we run on artificial surfaces - straight ahead, hard and steady - instead of speeding up and slowing down, reacting to the terrain with changes of pace and rhythm.

Christopher McDougall

ShoesDownRunAheadChangesRhythm

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