Chris Hardwick Quotes
I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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I do suspect that this world is hell.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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The devil made me do it.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn't, so in the end they just released it themselves.
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Kickstarter was already up and going when I got the Fellowship. Spending time with the other Fellows was about camaraderie, and I talked to a lot of amazing and creative people.
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A tweet in an article can feel more permanent and louder than a tweet on Twitter.
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A true leader must strive towards a grand vision of human progress, but remember that the minor details of her everyday life really matter to those who look up to her as a role model.
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I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.
