Kenya Barris Quotes
What I did not want to be was a fad, because fads die. I had one of the George Michael Wham! neon-colored sweatshirts, and I thought it would never go out of style. Fads die.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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I like to build things. I like to do things.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I don't feel famous.
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I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.
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In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly.
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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis.
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What I did not want to be was a fad, because fads die. I had one of the George Michael Wham! neon-colored sweatshirts, and I thought it would never go out of style. Fads die.
