Dave Chappelle Quotes
After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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Fiction connects: past and present; the great and the small; the surface with the depths. Fiction brings out the innermost, invisible springs of life that cannot be revealed in factual narratives.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
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I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
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My sister would say I'm a feeder because I like cooking for people.
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The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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All beginnings are involuntary.
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I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It's the artist's job to create imagery that matches the music... I think they're very intertwined.
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I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
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I'm out about my misogyny. Most men are misogynists, and most women are feminists. I work with a lot of women. They have their finger on the pulse of things. But women do things to other women that men would never do to other men.
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I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.
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Every few years, the feds and the courts change direction or fail to answer important questions. And every day, the Internet becomes more of a platform for lousy ads, for increasing the power of a few rich companies, and for intrusive tracking. It's too important to leave unprotected.
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The future is always beginning now.
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After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.
