Bob Quotes - Page 21

• The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Successful, Unique, People

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• Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.

  Mos Def

  Reflection, Jamaica, Two

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• You're absolutely right: Bob Grant is a racist, Bob Grant is a bigot, he's a despicable talk show host and I agree with that.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Racist, Host, Shows

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• Bob Saget is the dirtiest comic who's ever lived. Nobody touches him.

  Penn Jillette

  Comic

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.

  Elton John

  Records, Way, Modern

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• I love that Bob Dylan asked me to be in the first movie he wrote.

  Val Kilmer

  Firsts, Dylan

  "The only other guy I've kissed was Colin Farrell, and Robert was... better". Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2005.

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• One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.

  Dean Koontz

  Mind, Literature, Things Change

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• Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women.

  Kid Rock

  Senior, Morning, Mistake

  "Kid Rock: What I've Learned" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. April 20, 2011.

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• The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.

  Pete Rose

  Missing You, Sports, Games

  "Distance" by Roger Angell, www.newyorker.com. September 22, 1980.

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• I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.

  Brian Wilson

  Voice, Four, Freshman

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• In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans let move to the front of the buffet line, deferring to seniority, as they had in 1996, when Bob Dole turtled to the top of the ticket.

  James Wolcott

  Moving, Buffets, Tickets

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• On August 28, 2010, Fox News messiah Glenn Beck hosted a 'Restoring Honor' revival meeting featuring sexy guest star Sarah Palin, much as Bob Hope would roll out Raquel Welch in white go-go boots on his U.S.O. tours to give our fighting men a morale lift in their khakis.

  James Wolcott

  Sexy, Stars, Fighting

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• I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

  Neil Young

  Masters, Dylan

  "Resurrection of Neil Young". Time Magazine Interview, content.time.com. September 28, 2005.

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• I am a child of the '70s, so I love classic rock - Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, and I also love Coldplay.

  Rachel Zoe

  Children, Rocks, Rolling

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• I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself.

  Keeley Hawes

  Sitting, Next, Sofas

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• Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs and buttontops, bags and bones, ash and rind and dandruff and nailparings, saliva and snowflakes and moulted feathers of dreams, the wrecks and sprats and shells and fishbones, whale-juice and moonshine and small salt fry dished up by the hidden sea.

  Dylan Thomas

  Dream, Sleep, Eye

  Dylan Thomas (1954). “Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices”, p.22, New Directions Publishing

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• And Father said, “There are no happy endings.” “Right!” cried Iowa Bob – an odd mixture of exuberance and stoicism in his cracked voice. “Death is horrible, final, and frequently premature,” Coach Bob declared. “So what?” my father said. “Right!” cried Iowa Bob. “That’s the point: So what?” Thus the family maxim was that an unhappy ending did not undermine a rich and energetic life. This was based on the belief that there were no happy endings.

  John Irving

  Father, Iowa, Voice

  "The Hotel New Hampshire". Book by John Irving, 1981.

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• Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.

  Jim Butcher

  Women, Eye, Light

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.50, Penguin

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• I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had thrown away your money for nothing. But what do you think? I woke up this morning with a beautiful new plot in my head, and I've been going about all day planning my characters, just as happy as I could be. No one can ever accuse me of being a pessimist! If I had a husband and twelve children swallowed by an earthquake one day, I'd bob up smilingly the next morning and commence to look for another set. ~Jershua Abbott

  Jean Webster

  Beautiful, Morning, Children

  Jean Webster (2016). “Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated”, p.102, Jester House Publishing

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• Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, ‘Okay, that was perfect, but this time, Bob, instead of saying “What’s for dinner?” you say, “Wait a minute! Benzene is actually a hydrocarbon!” And say it with a Norwegian accent. Also, we think maybe your character should have no arms.

  Dave Barry

  Character, Thinking, Should Have

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• One day old Thrashbarg said that Almighty Bob had declared that he, Thrashbarg, was to have first pick of the sandwiches. The villagers asked him when this had happened, exactly, and Thrashbarg said it had happened yesterday, when they weren't looking. 'Have faith,' Old Thrashbarg said, 'or burn!' They let him have first pick of the sandwiches. It seemed easiest.

  Douglas Adams

  Yesterday, One Day, Sandwiches

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• I got to work with Dustin Hoffman on a film called 'Billy Bathgate.' I got to work with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn and Bob Zemeckis on 'Death Becomes Her.' There are still a few actors out there that I would like to work with.

  Bruce Willis

  Actors, Film, Stills

  Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. June 11, 2007.

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• I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan.

  Bradley Whitford

  Fans, Want, Comedy

  "Exclusive Interview: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip's Bradley Whitford". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. September 22, 2006.

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• But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Mean, Civilization

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• Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

  Ed Sheeran

  Growing Up, Inspired, Influence

  "The Wrap Up" Interview, www.mtv.co.uk. January 13, 2011.

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