Kenya Barris Quotes
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As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.
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As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit misshapen. Just scoff it, and carry on with the rest.
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I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.
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It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks, Mum.
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I think when you're young, you're a lot more open-minded, and sometimes you're a lot more perceptive about what's going on in the world.
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There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.
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The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.
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I live in New Hampshire. We're in favor of global warming. Eleven hundred more feet of sea-level rises? I've got beachfront property. You tell us up there, 'By the end of the century, New York City could be underwater,' and we say, 'Your point is?'
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There was a scene in 'Qubool Hai' where Asad shoots his father. After shooting for it, I was drained completely. At times, my character's mood gets very depressing. Post shoot, it takes a good half hour to get out of character, to leave Asad behind.
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And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know.
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Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform.
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You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
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The thesis that risk assessment itself is inherently risky is nowhere better borne out than in the area of high-consequence risks.
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It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men’s attitude to women, and in women’s attitude to themselves.
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I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it.
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You don't make a decision about being a writer. There was a point, aged 21, when it became clear that this is who I am. The choice is how good you are going to be at it and how hard you are going to work.
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It's a great day for TWA.
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I love Meryl Streep.
