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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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
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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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Well, the coffeehouse audiences never know what they're going to get, and all the comics are different, as opposed to when you go to a club, and they're pretty much all telling jokes with set-ups and punchlines. Coffeehouse audiences are the most forgiving: They really listen, which is the best part.
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The game is just one long conversation, and I'm anticipating that, and I will say things like 'Did you know that?' or 'You're probably wondering why.' I'm really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don't use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.
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I know when I used to chemically straighten mine, I did it because I wasn't comfortable with my natural hair. I thought it was too poofy, too kinky. So for me, personally, when I started wearing it natural, it felt like I was blossoming because I was letting go of all the dead hair and all the parts of me that had rejected my natural state.
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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.
