Keegan-Michael Key Quotes
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Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Time puts things in proper perspective.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.
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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
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That was also my nickname in high school.
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Science has no prejudices - though scientists often do. Science is like figures: they do not lie themselves, but the men who figure are often the greatest liars in the world.
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The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man’s rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence-to protect his right to his own life, to his own liberty, to his own property and to the pursuit of his own happiness. Without property rights, no other rights are possible.
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Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. You can never tell how a policy has been reached just by looking at the end result. Some people who have achieved a huge amount do not come across as impressive when you speak to them.
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Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the talent out there is being auditioned for parts.
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Memory, out of the mist, in a long slow rippleBreaks, blindly, against the shore.
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My mom and dad both would grow vegetables. So, when I delivered my baby, we went there, and she would cook a lot, and we would eat all the vegetables from their garden.
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I read kind of serious books about fairly arcane subjects.
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If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a really smart piece of material.
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From Borges, those wonderful gaucho stories from which I learned that you can be specific as to a time and place and culture and still have the work resonate with the universal themes of love, honor, duty, betrayal, etc. From Amiri Baraka, I learned that all art is political, although I don't write political plays.
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I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually.
