Bob Quotes

• If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

  Bob Dole

  Children, Thinking, Bills

  "New York" Magazine‎, April 29, 1996.

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• Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.

  Bob Marley

  Music, Names, Marley

  Bob Marley (2012). “Listen to Bob Marley: The Man, the Music, the Revolution”, Open Road Media

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• Somebody had to be Bob Dylan. I guess I was best equipped to do the job.

  Bob Dylan

  Jobs, Dylan

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• You could live in Winnipeg a thousand years and not meet Ringo, Paul McCartney, or Bob Dylan.

  Burton Cummings

  Years, Dylan, Thousand

  "Canada Inside Out". Book by David Olive, 2012.

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• If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.

  Bob Dylan

  Thinking, Answers, Dylan

  Bob Dylan (2005). “Bob Dylan: Inspirations”, p.34, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

  John F. Kennedy

  Brother, Dad, Father

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I'm not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow me? I said, I've never thought about that before! He said, When you're not following me, you're resisting me.

  Bob Dylan

  Jesus, Follow Me, Said

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• No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.

  Jim Butcher

  Mean, Wicked, Either Or

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• Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.

  Steve Earle

  Writing, Years, People

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• Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

  Wyclef Jean

  Love, Peace, Marley

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• Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

  Al Franken

  Be Kind, Sense Of Humor, Used

  Interview with Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. November, 1996.

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• Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Sense Of Humor, Mark

  "Hope hailed by friends, family, fans". www.cnn.com. July 29, 2003.

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• I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in my life, in the most unique project.

  Robert Duvall

  Unique, Sometimes, Projects

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• Products are a must - full stop. I'm sorry to say it, but that bob won't look so sleek on its own - you need a little help. It doesn't have to be the high-end stuff that they sell in the salon. Products you find in the supermarket are just as good, and sometimes better.

  Beth Ditto

  Sorry, Needs, Looks

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2008.

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• President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.

  Newt Gingrich

  Jobs, Usa, President

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• Bob Barr is not crazy enough for my taste.

  Penn Jillette

  Crazy, Taste, Enough

  "Penn Jillette on Election 2008". Interview With David Weigel, reason.com. November 3, 2008.

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• Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

  Bob Dylan

  Dad, Grateful, Want

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• I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

  Carol Burnett

  Stars, Two, Dancer

  "Comedian Carol Burnett dishes". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2010.

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• [S]omething inside us, the feeling of resentment, the feeling that wants to get one's own back, must be simply killed. I do not mean that anyone can decide this moment that he will never feel it anymore. That is not how things happen. I mean that every time it bobs its head up, day after day, year after year, all our lives long, we must hit it on the head. It is hard work, but the attempt is not impossible.

  C. S. Lewis

  Hard Work, Mean, Years

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• I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just what I've always liked - people who would talk real honestly about their lives and their circumstance.

  Jewel

  Real, People, Mentor

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• Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

  Kurt Cobain

  Song, Taken, Night

  "Kurt Cobain, The Rolling Stone Interview: Success Doesn't Suck". Interview with David Fricke, www.rollingstone.com. January 27, 1994.

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• Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album.

  John Mellencamp

  Song, Couple, Two

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• The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

  Liza Minnelli

  Father, Directors, Roles

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• but right now it's Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan all the way.

  Charles Bukowski

  Way, Dylan, Right Now

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• My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive.

  Josh Hartnett

  Musical, Zeppelins, Taste

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