Dave Chappelle Quotes
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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Maybe the one I enjoyed playing most was A Month in the Country.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.
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At the corporation, we believe one of the most critical issues facing the country is the preparation of America's teachers, which is just not good enough. Creating a vision for change and sharing how to improve teacher preparation is something the corporation is committed to.
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It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
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I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of Europe run through misguided altruism.
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Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.
