Kenya Barris Quotes
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I signed this girl's arm. And the next day, a family member shot me an email, and it was a link to this girl who had my signature tattooed on her arm. I was like, 'Man, that's dedication. I'm sorry you did that.'
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I've found that musical theater is my passion.
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It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
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I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
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Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100.
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When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
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The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but excited for the future.
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I love hillwalking and have been doing a lot of climbing.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true.
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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
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But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.
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Addiction depends upon keeping the multiplicity of our desires unconscious. When I invite all that I am into awareness, I realize that no one substance, activity, or person has the capacity to satisfy me fully. I leave aside the security of the fix and begin the adventure of falling in love with the multiplicity of the self and the world.
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What sustains us in any competition are the moments of interiority when the competition vanishes; what sustains us in any struggle are the moments when we forget the struggle.
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Oh look, an ATM! Ok, here we go! I lost all my money, now what do I do? Get a gun! Rob a casino! Good idea! Look at all the lights! This is beautiful.
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I haven't written a brochure yet. It's killing me. I know I have a brochure or pamphlet in me yet.
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As a five-year-old kid, I used to sit in front of the TV - I never missed 'Dukes of Hazzard,' not once. It was me and my dad's show.
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Just as the formation of the family is basic to the formation of the state, so the states themselves are the only units that can form the basic constitution of a viable international organization.
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Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.
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I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato
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There are certain fans who want me to rap about the same exact thing, but it's time to grow up.
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Steven Adler and I played football in the street when we were 12. I remember rehearsing in my bedroom with my first band, and some kid climbed over the fence of my backyard and peeked his head in the window to see who was rocking. It was Slash.
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I love Donald Glover.
