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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Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny it, however, in this case, is to deny that there is a God governing the world. It is a truth which I thought needed to be told; and as whatever of humilation there is in it, falls most directly on myself, I thought others might afford for me to tell it.
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You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
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Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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We need to stay in Iraq until the job is done. The President understands this and I'm glad that he is getting more countries to participate. We must change the chant of millions of young Muslims from 'Jihad Against the World' to 'Freedom and Democracy.'
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I love Donald Glover.
