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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Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer.
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Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.
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More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.
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Sometimes I start with the beat. Sometimes I can write something down and it takes me a while to figure out how I want to say it or the beat I want to say it to. I definitely like to live the experiences that I cover.
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If you want to know how to make people shun you and laugh at you behind your back and even despise you, here is the recipe: Never listen to anyone for long. Talk incessantly about yourself. If you have an idea while the other person is talking, don't wait for him or her to finish: bust right in and interrupt in the middle of a sentence.
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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.
